Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!julius.cs.uiuc.edu!psuvax1!news From: melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc Subject: System 7.0 vs. NeXT Step Message-ID: Date: 23 Jan 91 03:30:36 GMT Sender: news@cs.psu.edu (Usenet) Distribution: comp Organization: Penn State Computer Science Lines: 17 Nntp-Posting-Host: client2.cs.psu.edu This is a question that I have been asking myself for quite some time(but I've been afraid to bring up). We have been waiting for System 7.0 for a couple years, but what will it offer us that NeXTSTep 2.0 doesn't already have? The only big plus that I can tell is that it won't be nearly as large as Unix(another plus might be that it isn't Unix :-)) However, NeXT is shipping machines with 8 megs of memory and the 68040 chip, so this kind of makes of for the fact that Unix is a CPU and memory sucking hog. So, what more will 7.0 offer the user besides balloon help? -Mike BTW: Word Perfect 5.0 for the NeXT started shipping last week. It looks like NeXT is going to make it big. Hopefully, they won't take as long as Apple to realize that $1500 machines sell like hot cakes.