Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!ucsd!sdd.hp.com!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!lavaca.uh.edu!menudo.uh.edu!lobster!sugar!peter From: peter@sugar.hackercorp.com (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Subject: Re: Why all of this NeXT talk? Keywords: A3000UX NeXT stop rediculous Message-ID: <1991Feb13.011915.21730@sugar.hackercorp.com> Date: 13 Feb 91 01:19:15 GMT References: <1991Feb10.073446.20683@en.ecn.purdue.edu> <1991Feb11.123119.2383@sugar.hackercorp.com> <1991Feb11.214121.210@en.ecn.purdue.edu> Distribution: usa Organization: Sugar Land Unix -- Houston, TX Lines: 21 In article <1991Feb11.214121.210@en.ecn.purdue.edu> doctorj@en.ecn.purdue.edu (Jeffrey W Davis) writes: > Comparing a color system with a monochrome system all the way down > to price is unrealistic. Comparing the cheapest monochrome, slotless NeXT > to the most expensive Amiga (color, slotted) and wondering why the > color, slotted 3000UX costs more is rediculous. Who's wondering? I know why the Amiga costs more, and it's not the video. It's the slots. The Amiga video is significantly lower resolution than the NeXT. If color isn't your buying point (and it isn't for the low-end workstation market) then the Amiga is definitely a poorer deal. > What extra features does [the NeXT color system] have to merit the > price difference? Higher resolution display, more colors (both in palette and in range), better UNIX/display integration, real live applications that run under UNIX instead of a single-tasking O/S, more RAM on the motherboard, two serial ports, ether, bigger monitor...? -- Peter da Silva. `-_-' .