Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!stanford.edu!leland.Stanford.EDU!jessica.stanford.edu!bard From: bard@jessica.stanford.edu (David Hopper) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Subject: Re: Amiga/NeXT flames (Was Re: Amiga OS *IS* state...) Message-ID: <1991Apr11.202132.6415@leland.Stanford.EDU> Date: 11 Apr 91 20:21:32 GMT References: <46907@ut-emx.uucp> <12622@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> Sender: news@leland.Stanford.EDU (Mr News) Organization: Academic Information Resources, Stanford University Lines: 32 In article kls30@DUTS.ccc.amdahl.com (Kent L. Shephard) writes: > >BTW - for all of you who think a NeXT is slow, I have news for you. >My '030 cube was not slow and now that I have a '040 upgrade board it >really is NOT slow. Also there are a couple of animation demos in the >software release and they are NOT slow. Before you blast a NeXT on how >slow it is, work on one. I've been using NeXTs daily for a year and a half. The '030 was slow. Compared to what? Compared to any other '030 machine on the market. The '040 is not as slow. The OS still drags it down, from what I hear of the optimal response of an '040. Granted, the animations are much faster, but they are *quite* jerky, even without paging. And every animation I've seen on the NeXT-- even the '040, is nowhere *near* the smooth 60fps+ you can get on a 'Miga. It's a different market. The NeXT won't do animation. Period. You want animation, get another machine, or a NeXTDimension; if you have a good deal of money to spend, that is. >I wouldn't trade my NeXT for any other computer on the market. Hey, likewise for an A3000, pal. You won't be converting many in THIS newsgroup, chummer. >/* Kent L. Shephard : email - kls30@DUTS.ccc.amdahl.com */ Note: the above opinions have nothing to do with the fact that I am a NeXT rep heh, heh, heh (hey, it's a living ;-) Dave Hopper | /// Anthro Creep | Academic Info Resources, Stanford |__ /// . . | Macincrap/UNIX Consultant bard@jessica. |\\\/// Ia! Ia! | -- Just remember: love is life, and Stanford.EDU | \XX/ Shub-Niggurath! | hate is living death. :Black Sabbath