Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!apple!julius.cs.uiuc.edu!psuvax1!news From: melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc Subject: Re: System 7.0 vs. NeXT Step Message-ID: Date: 29 Jan 91 23:57:10 GMT References: <16549@venera.isi.edu> Sender: news@cs.psu.edu (Usenet) Distribution: comp Organization: Penn State Computer Science Lines: 16 In-Reply-To: jas@ISI.EDU's message of 29 Jan 91 21:25:14 GMT Nntp-Posting-Host: client2.cs.psu.edu In article <16549@venera.isi.edu> jas@ISI.EDU (Jeff Sullivan) writes: Plus, it will run all of your Mac software which NeXt won't. If you can live with the NeXt software selection, can afford the box, and need the things it offers (why would a standard person need UNIX? I don't know), then go for NeXt. Hell, buy a Vax! A Cray, even... Why did people buy the Mac over the Apple II or the IBM PC? Duhh... How much more expensive is the NeXT compared with a IIci or IIfx, anyway? I haven't seen a price list lately? Everyone knows that NeXT does have a low-end machine. We can probably overlook that for all while. After all, 17" monochrome and 16" color monitors aren't cheap. -Mike