Path: utzoo!mnetor!tmsoft!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!caen!uwm.edu!psuvax1!news From: melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc Subject: Re: NeXT | I love my SE (was:68040 for the Mac? Message-ID: <1e3G7w*o@cs.psu.edu> Date: 16 Feb 91 20:47:33 GMT References: <1991Feb9.194049.19192@NCoast.ORG> <1991Feb16.020056.11742@NCoast.ORG> Sender: news@cs.psu.edu (Usenet) Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.misc Organization: Penn State Computer Science Lines: 40 In-Reply-To: allbery@NCoast.ORG's message of Sat, 16 Feb 1991 02:00:56 GMT Nntp-Posting-Host: client7.cs.psu.edu In article <1991Feb16.020056.11742@NCoast.ORG> allbery@NCoast.ORG (Brandon S. Allbery KB8JRR) writes: Look, friend. Advertizers have done a very, very good job of convincing everyone in the U.S. that everyone needs an all-singing, all-dancing mega- computer just to balance their checkbooks. THAT is what p*sses me off. And then you NeXT types come in and perpetuate the myth. People that use a computer just to balance their checkbooks probably don't need a computer. Try using a $5 calculator, a pen, and some paper. Most people do NOT really need NeXTs, or IIfx's. In fact, most people don't need 386 boxes, but most people go out and get them (to run DOS, which doesn't even *use* the 386's capabilities except in the most minimal ways (assuming QEMM, 386^MAX, Windows 3.0, or etc.)!) anyway. Because everyone has been trained to jump through their hoops and go buy the biggest, fastest, most expensive thing they can regardless of whether they need it or not. Most people don't need more than 64K of RAM, right? At least that's what you were probably saying 5 years ago. You obviously haven't used Windows 3.0 if you think PC users don't need a 386. And to use Toolbook, the PC equivalent of Hypercard, I definitely recommend a 386. Your persistent attempts to pull this wool over all our eyes set me off. I may be a particularly extreme example, but that doesn't mean I'm the ONLY example. Use some sense: you have, perhaps, heard of bell curves? Just because I'm at the far side doesn't mean that the curve looks like a huge, narrow spike and me alone way off to one side. Don't worry you're not alone, I know plenty of other people like you. Of course you are still wrong. By the way, you are also wrong(IMHO) about people switching to System 7.0. I think most people will switch. Isn't that the reason Apple is shipping most Macs with 2 megs of RAM and a 40MB hard drive? They want you to switch. I do wish Apple would ship machines with 2.88MB floppy drives, then a 2 floppy system might be feasable again. -Mike