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From: rjc@geech.ai.mit.edu (Ray Cromwell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: A3000UX at UniForum?
Keywords: NeXT list price educational
Message-ID: <1991Feb8.073449.19727@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu>
Date: 8 Feb 91 07:34:49 GMT
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In article <3455@dali> icsu8053@ming.cs.montana.edu (Craig Pratt) writes:
>In article <1991Feb5.173151.12089@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu> rjc@geech.ai.mit.edu (Ray Cromwell) writes:
>
>This is rediculous.  Computers are not necessarilly compared because they
>have equivilant features but because they are targeted for the same market.
>A *fair* comparison will help the buyer determine which computer better
>fits their needs.  Let the comparisons continue.  I'm sure many people here 
>are having difficult time deciding which will be their next computer
>purchase.

 Fine. I still think the $3300 040 Slab is a dumb comparison. 100mb HD,
Monochrome, and BSD Unix. The only thing that makes it stand out is
the 040.  The 3000UX can provide a Megapixel display with the A2024
monitor. With the 3000UX, you get Color, ATT Unix, and Expansion
capabilities. The Slab is a closed machine from what I hear. If
the 3000 had an 040, the Slab wouldn't be a comparison, since
Display Postscript will easily drag the system performance down more
than ATT UNIX will. I've seen 030 NeXT's and they are SLOW! It takes
an 040 just to make the machine usuable.

 When I originally read about  the NeXT a year or two ago, I thought
'Awesome, a machine for the 90s, pushing the LCD of hardware from floppies
up to CDs, and providing a DSP with Voice Mail.' Then the CD drive was
removed, the unit was still over $10,000 and SPARCs were getting cheap.
Now the slab is sorta like the A500 is to the A2000. I don't need to
run Unix, but if I had too, I'd have my eyes set on a SparcStation.
Also, the new Pen based computers are looking nice (for on-the-go computing).

  With computers evolving faster than people can keep track, I doubt any
computer can claim to be 'state of the art' anymore.

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