Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!wuarchive!psuvax1!news From: melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc Subject: Re: The Fate of the Macintosh Message-ID: Date: 25 Mar 91 00:11:18 GMT References: <1991Mar24.222404.7549@rucs2.sunlab.cs.runet.edu> Sender: news@cs.psu.edu (Usenet) Organization: Penn State Computer Science Lines: 32 In-Reply-To: rdeal@rucs2.sunlab.cs.runet.edu's message of 24 Mar 91 22:24:04 GMT Nntp-Posting-Host: sunws0.sys.cs.psu.edu In article <1991Mar24.222404.7549@rucs2.sunlab.cs.runet.edu> rdeal@rucs2.sunlab.cs.runet.edu (Butch Deal) writes: The NeXT is a unix box and I think that you should only compare it with another UNIX box. There is a lot of difference between a workstation WRONG. Workstations have power, and PC's have a cornucopia of friendly apps. Well, that has all changed. There are now some workstations with friendly apps(about to become plentiful). and a personal computer(price, software availabiltiy, etc.) People that have any Mac under a II are not going to be interested in a NeXT. If they are then they didn't get the right Mac in the first place. I would not recomend a NeXT to a small buisiness owner for accounting and record keeping. I also would not recomend a Mac SE to and enginere for drafting, a Mac II would be far better for drafting. The people who bought an SE instead of a II did so because they couldn't afford a II(I'm going to flame anyone who say's a 68000 with a b/w 9" screen is optimal). When people manage to scrape some money together to buy another computer, I think they might be interested in the NeXT. At least it's worth looking into. I wouldn't spend $5000 w/o at least checking out(i.e. examining firsthand and not listing to hearsay) what NeXT has to offer. If it is just speed that you want, you could upgrade your SE to faster than the NeXT cheaper than you could get a NeXT, and you wouldn't have to be conserned with legal problems. No, in addition, I want virtual memory, multitasking(preemptive), memory protection, Display Postscript, a DSP, high res. monitor... -Mike