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From: melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger)
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Subject: Re: 68040 for the Mac?
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Date: 23 Jan 91 03:18:14 GMT
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In article <42973@ut-emx.uucp> awessels@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Allen Wessels) writes:

   In article <0bb_V1O00Uh_E3=Bow@andrew.cmu.edu> ls1i+@andrew.cmu.edu (Leonard John Schultz) writes:

   >The people that don't switch are the ones who have never TOUCHED a NeXT
   >or are so rabid with pride in their Mac that they wouldn't switch to a
   >HAL-9000 costing $600

   I've seen a NeXT.  It's no HAL-9000.  It doesn't cost $600.  You give me a NeXT
   that will run ALL my current software and is upgradeable to color, and I will
   give you my SE/30 and $600.  Otherwise, keep to topics you know.


Have you seen an 68040 NeXT?  If not, then you haven't seen a NeXT.
Your attitude is completely ignorant.  "No, I won't buy a Mac, until
it runs ALL of my Apple II software."  Your requirements for
purchasing a NeXT are quite rigid.  What Mac do you own?  How
important is color to your work?  The grey-scale Mac is a far cry from
a 9", 72 dpi SE screen.  Can anyone give me the cost of an SE/30 18
months ago?  It would be interesting to see how far the industry has
come.  If you subtract the cost of the display, you will find that you
are paying very little for all of that horsepower.

-Mike