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From: davewt@NCoast.ORG (David Wright)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: A3000UX at UniForum?
Message-ID: <1991Feb10.021744.6463@NCoast.ORG>
Date: 10 Feb 91 02:17:44 GMT
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In article <1991Feb6.193608.17592@Neon.Stanford.EDU> torrie@cs.stanford.edu (The Ghost Who Walks) writes:
>  Since when has Byte started quoting educational prices?
	Are you forgetfull or just stupid? (I think the latter). If you
actually READ the article (which I doubt), it clear stated that the price WAS
the educational price, and that this was a PREVIEW, *not* a REVIEW. Since
up until recently the only way you could get a 3000UX was to be either a
student or a certified developer (who get better prices), the "about $4000"
was correct and quite accurate. In fact, back when they reviewed it the
machine came with slightly less memory for that same price then it does now.
>  At what cost?
	Certainly less than the cost of upgrading (oops you can't do that)
the mono NeXT Station to color. After all, even ignoring the rediculous
comparison of an '030 machine to an '040 machine, just which machine are
you saying beats the 3000UX's value? Certainly not the color system, and I
don't think ANY mono system that can't be upgraded compares to a color
system that gives you the choice of three basic video displays (normal
Amiga for 700+x500+ (or 1000x800/960, if you only want 4 colors), the
1024x1024 mono monitor, or the 1024x1024x256 color (out of 16m) TARGA
display standard on many other computer systems), without losing your
investment in hardware. Just what are you going to do with a mono
NeXT Station if you later find out you need color? The 3000UX doesn't
seem expensive now, does it.
	I find it funny that not one person I know who I would consider
even slightly above normal in computer literacy is interested in the NeXT,
and most of the people that I know who were considering it changed their
minds when they found out about the upgrade prices, non-standard Unix,
slow display speed, using the host CPU to do the job of the printer,
lack of expandability, and lack of total machines sold. I mean come on,
there are only just over 15,000 NeXTs (of all models) in the US. What
kind of market is that?


				Dave