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From: aslakson@cs.umn.edu (Brian Aslakson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: NeXT vs. Mac
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Message-ID: <1991Mar28.204543.13373@cs.umn.edu>
Date: 28 Mar 91 20:45:43 GMT
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doner@Aero.org (John Doner) writes:
>My opinion is that its performance, price, and user interface are all
>somewhat better than those of the Mac.  But not enough better to warrant
Maybe, yes, no.
Maybe yes if the NeXT's here are set up wrong, otherwise it takes a loooong
   time to login.  There's more to it than that, but I measure speed by how
   long I have to wait.
Yes, great price.
The Mac's user interface is way great.  It's just that simple.

>changing to a new computer.  There is far less software.  I don't see
So what?  If they have what you want/need, don't worry about what they
don't have!

>any feature of the NeXT machine or its OS that Apple would have much
>trouble adapting to the Macs, should they find it desirable.  So far
>from NeXT pulling farther and farther out in front of Apple, which they
>will have to do to achieve what I imagine are their long term goals, I expect
>Apple to catch up and even pass them in the relatively near future.  

If I could afford a Mac, I'd buy a NeXT.  Or 2 Amigas.  Mac's are still
the best, but then, I like Unix.  And a good deal.

-- 
Brian Aslakson
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