Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!caen!uflorida!unf7!tlvx!sysop From: sysop@tlvx.UUCP (SysOp) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Subject: Re: NeXT/Amiga Flamage: Get a life. Summary: Next AGAIN?! Message-ID: <472@tlvx.UUCP> Date: 6 Apr 91 10:38:58 GMT References: <563Gxw#d1@cs.psu.edu> <2o7G!rpe1@cs.psu.edu> Organization: Temporal Vortex BBS of Jacksonville, Florida Lines: 90 (Hmm, and I thought the NeXT "discussions" were gone. :-) In article <2o7G!rpe1@cs.psu.edu>, melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger) writes: > > In article yorkw@stable.ecn.purdue.edu (Willis F York) writes: > > Well all this Next Vs Amiga stuff IS SILLY. > It;s not proving anything, ...and yet we post! > I just have a few Q's about the Next. > > 1) What's the $$$$$ of one ot those Puppies? > > Retail: $4995 for NeXTstation -- edu: around $3250 > $7995 for NeXTstation color -- edu: around $5500 I see a tiny problem here. I refuse to pay $5000 on up for a computer. :-) I would like to pay between $2000 and $3000, which means I could get a Amiga 3000 (at least 16Mhz) or a Clone with a 33MHz 386 & cache. AUGH! I just realized the $5000 isn't color. You want me to pay $7000 for a computer?! I NEED color. :-) [comments about cool features and other things deleted....] > > -Mike in an earlier post, (Michael D Mellinger) writes: [....] >As far as requirements go, if good software exists then the machine >fits the requirements. In the meantime, Mac and Amiga(PC owners are >oblivious to all changes) owners can say to themselves "NeXT won't be >in business in five years" so they won't feel so bad spending a lot >more money on a less powerful machine. Of course everyone said the How could I possibly spend more money? :-) With $5000 to work with, I'd start running out of things to get for a clone. Anyway, I wouldn't have the money to get a NeXT. Also, I get less machine for less money. :-) That's ok, I don't need an '040. An '030 (or 386 or similar) might be nice, but a line has to be drawn somewhere. This is why NeXT is in a different niche than Amiga. (Note that I'm not able to buy things with educational pricing, but then Amigas have educational pricing...) [...] > Gates). At least Amiga owners can say, "we still have the best games > in the business." Do you know Mike Shwartz? (Just kidding guys! :-) If all my Amiga was good for was games, I would have bought another machine a long time ago. > > -Mike in yet another post, (Michael D Mellinger) writes: [....] > In article tm2b+@andrew.cmu.edu (Todd L. Masco) writes: > > This flamage is getting extremely tiresome. > > This is comp.sys.amiga.advocacy is it not? What do you guys do here? > Didn't the Atari ST folks request this group so that you would leave > them alone? :-) Oh, is that why? And all this time, I thought it was because of Marc Barrett! ;-) [lotsa stuff deleted....] > The guy in the store couldn't tell me a thing about the machine. The > Amiga just sat their with a dozen other IBM compatibles(which the guy > could tell me a little about -- the pervasive feeling in the world is > you can't go wrong with MS DOS). Well, if I ever get a clone, it'll be because I was dragged kicking and screaming. :-) With almost no Amiga support locally, and the MS-DOS shelves full, it can get a bit depressing for an Amiga owner here in Jax. [...] I'm seriously tempted to get a 33MHz 386. Please, someone explain why I shouldn't! :-) (Seriously, e-mail is fine, if you think this'll turn into a clone vs. Amiga war. :-) -- Gary Wolfe, SYSOP of the Temporal Vortex BBS // Amiga! ..uflorida!unf7!tlvx!sysop, unf7!tlvx!sysop@bikini.cis.ufl.edu \X/ Yeah!