Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!bionet!agate!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!ncoast!allbery From: allbery@NCoast.ORG (Brandon S. Allbery KB8JRR) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc Subject: Re: System 7.0 vs. NeXT Step Message-ID: <1991Feb9.192721.18775@NCoast.ORG> Date: 9 Feb 91 19:27:21 GMT References: <1991Feb5.013654.4045@NCoast.ORG> Reply-To: allbery@ncoast.ORG (Brandon S. Allbery KB8JRR) Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.misc Distribution: comp Organization: North Coast Public Access Un*x (ncoast) Lines: 48 As quoted from by melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger): +--------------- | This is not going to happen. It goes back to what Jobs' says about | the least common denominator in a computer. If there isn't a DSP, | then developers can't assume that the quality of sound in the | machine(for a better and more detailed explanation of the LCD | principle, please read what Jobs has to say about it). Besides, voice | mail would not be a too good w/o the DSP. The LCD for the Mac is a | Plus. Apple is going to have to live with that legacy for several | years, and so are developers. This, IMHO, will limit the | functionality of the software on the Mac. +--------------- Jobs' concept of what the LCD should be will, IMHO, limit the wide acceptance of the NeXT. +--------------- | I have no doubt that the current breed of NeXT is a nice machine, but it'd | *still* be swatting a fly with a sledgehammer in my case. | | MS Word. The SE(Classic,etc) is starting to show its age. System 7.0 | is going to be multitasking all of the time. Multitasking is a little | more useful if you have a screen bigger than 9". Actually, many +--------------- ...or not, as the case may be. I'm typing this on a Xenix system, with two other programs running in other multiscreens --- I can't have them all on screen at once, but I don't *need* them all on screen at once and this doesn't impact sharing data between them. +--------------- | Hypercard, MacroMind Director,...,etc. Hell, I'm probably more of a | Mac user than you. I might actually do some Mac programming if +--------------- Quite likely: I don't do full-blown DTP and don't plan to. Programming is doubtful, as I don't have the time to figure out how to write programs for the Mac... nor would I have the time to figure out Objective-C and NeXTStep. Given that Steve Jobs doesn't want to support the existing low end, he'll have to create a new one to replace it. So where is the full-featured $1000 NeXT? ++Brandon -- Me: Brandon S. Allbery VHF/UHF: KB8JRR on 220, 2m, 440 Internet: allbery@NCoast.ORG Packet: KB8JRR @ WA8BXN America OnLine: KB8JRR AMPR: KB8JRR.AmPR.ORG [44.70.4.88] uunet!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!ncoast!allbery Delphi: ALLBERY