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From: dtiberio@eeserv1.ic.sunysb.edu (David Tiberio)
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Subject: Re: NeXT/Amiga Flamage: Get a life.
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Date: 12 Apr 91 04:52:00 GMT
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In article <2802B127.21121@orion.oac.uci.edu> nguyent@balboa.eng.uci.edu (Thien Nguyen) writes:
>In article <25dG$=hk1@cs.psu.edu> melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger) writes:
>>
>>In article <10866@uwm.edu> gblock@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Gregory R Block) writes:
>>
>>   wow the education department at any school...  But can you honestly
>>   say that this is education?  No.  Then again, you'll want to use an
>>   Apple II about as much as a NeXT.  The apple II is slow and outdated,
>>   the Next is Slow and low on software...  
>>   -- 
>
>NeXT is not as slow as what most of the people here are saying.  In fact,
>it's quite fast.

  Is the next more similar to a UNIX workstation, an IBM, a Mac, or an
Amiga? Does it multitask/singletask? Does it use command line interfaces?

  If it is anything like how the Mac works, I wouldn't be surprised if it
is painfully slow. For example, to show how slow a Mac can be, lod up 
your favorite Mac program. Then say, "Oh, I forgot to format my disk."
Then exit the Mac program, format the disk, re-enter the application, etc. 
  Or try to load an application and then decide you want to cancel, but
can't until it is already loaded....more waiting.
  Or try to connect a Mac to an Amiga running AMAX, and use the same Z-modem
terminals on each system (I just did this today with ZTerm.85). Notice what
happens when you open a DA...stops sending. Try selecting a menu option,
or even the title bar of a window...stops sending. And when Moire, the
screen blanker comes on, watch the CPS steadily drop down and down...

  I don't car as much about how long it takes to crunch numbers...I can
walk away and read a book. But not between disk loads and screen updates!!!


>Some of the productivity softwares on it are pretty nice.  
>
>>
>>The NeXT is slow compared to what?  Improv runs fine, FrameMaker too,
>>and Word Perfect.  I imagine that Adobe Illustrator will be fast too.
>>Now, I'm not sure how well the "Killing Game Show" will run.
>>
>>-Mike


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    David Tiberio  SUNY Stony Brook 2-3481  AMIGA  DDD-MEN  Tomas Arce 
           Any students from SUNY Oswego? Please let me know! :)

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