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From: melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger)
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Subject: Re: Mac LC or NEXT
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Date: 31 Jan 91 14:55:32 GMT
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In article <1991Jan31.132606.9845@zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu> edgar@shape.mps.ohio-state.edu (Gerald Edgar) writes:


   >Also, any thoghts on market penetration for the Next versus the Mac?  If I 
   >buy a Next will I be the only kid in this sandbox with this high-tech
   >shovel?

   Probably.  MacWorld magazine says that 1 million Macs will be sold
   in 1991.

Will that give Apple 10% of the market?  How many Mac's has Apple
sold?  There are anywhere from 25 to 40 million DOS machines.  If you
want that warm and fuzzy feeling of owning a machine that everyone
else owns, buy a PC.

NeXT is starting to catch on.  The lack of software is its main
problem, but they do have some big names like Word Perfect, Lotus,
FrameMaker, Quark XPress, and Adobe writing software for the NeXT.
Pick up a the first issue of NeXT World, and read comp.sys.next for a
couple of weeks.  That should give you some idea of how NeXT is doing.

-Mike