Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!udel!haven!umd5!lewhoosh.umd.edu!matthews From: matthews@lewhoosh.umd.edu (Mike Matthews) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: ideal NeXT system Message-ID: <7799@umd5.umd.edu> Date: 4 Jan 91 14:48:59 GMT References: Sender: news@umd5.umd.edu Distribution: comp Organization: Computer Science Center, University of Maryland, College Park Lines: 26 In article jesperse@nas.nasa.gov (Dennis Jespersen) writes: >1. I am trying to put together a "ideal" NeXT system for sophisticated >scientific users while holding the cost under $20,000. What do the >readers of this newsgroup think would be the ideal system? > >2. I am thinking along the lines of the high end color NeXT, while >going third-party for a big hard disk and lots of memory; is this >general strategy reasonable? > >Thanks in advance for mail messages or postings. >-- >Dennis Jespersen Well, gee... A NeXTcube is, what, $5,000? NeXTDimension another, what, $3,000? Printer at $2,000 (these are all safe estimates, methinks), that's $10,000. Add a 1.2G drive, what, $4,000? Extra memory... well, you can get an awful lot for $6,000. Since 4M SIMMs can be had for $200 a piece... Oh, can't forget the 040 upgrade, for another $2,000? So you have $4,000 to buy 20 4M SIMMs. And stuff them in 16 SIMM slots.... ------ Mike Matthews, matthews@lewhoosh.umd.edu (NeXT)/matthews@umdd (bitnet) ------ Shaw's Principle: Build a system that even a fool can use, and only a fool will want to use it.