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From: cfj@isc.intel.com (Charlie Johnson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: 68040 for the Mac? (Really Mac vs NeXT Wars)
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Date: 24 Jan 91 18:07:23 GMT
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People seem to forget that there are many reasons for buying a particular
computer and only a few of those reasons are purely technical.  I think that
some of the NeXT advocates are falling into the same trap as some of the
Amiga advocates have.  I realize there a lot of areas where technically the
Amiga or the NeXT are better (multitasks, real Unix, etc.).  That doesn't
mean that I'm going sell my SE/30 and run out and buy one.  There are
considerations such as software & hardware investment.  What I actually
use my Mac for and would any of these features which may be lacking on
the Mac really make any difference.  Another important reason is that
my wife uses a Mac at work and she wanted to be able to work at home.

Everything is not as black and white as some people try to make it.

-- 
Charles Johnson
Intel Corporation, Supercomputer Systems Division
15201 NW Greenbrier Pkwy
Beaverton, OR  97006           phone: (503)629-7605  email: cfj@isc.intel.com