Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!helios!tamuts!n138ct From: n138ct@tamuts.tamu.edu (Brent Burton) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc Subject: Re: System 7.0 vs. NeXT Step Message-ID: <11675@helios.TAMU.EDU> Date: 31 Jan 91 22:45:10 GMT References: <16549@venera.isi.edu> <16568@venera.isi.edu> Sender: usenet@helios.TAMU.EDU Distribution: comp Organization: Texas A&M University Lines: 17 In article <16568@venera.isi.edu> jas@ISI.EDU (Jeff Sullivan) writes: >How many PEOPLE need a IIci or IIfx? That's one thing the NeXt isn't >-- a PERSONAL computer. You show me a person who needs a 68040 UNIX >box with ??? MIPS, and I'll show you a person with too much time on >his or her hands. Actually, show me a person (such as myself) with a Mac PLUS, and I'll show YOU a person with too much time on their hands! I know if I did graphics work, I'd rather have a IIFX (or other suitable fast Mac II) over my Mac Plus. --Brent +----------------------+--------------------------+ | Brent P. Burton | n138ct@tamuts.tamu.edu | | Texas A&M University | Computer Science/Physics | +----------------------+--------------------------+