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From: dkolson@ics.uci.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next,uci.next
Subject: Buying a NeXTstation
Message-ID: <9104171400.aa21881@ics.uci.edu>
Date: 17 Apr 91 21:03:51 GMT
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I have recently thought about buying a next station through the campus
computer store.  The price for a NeXTstation Extended Release is
around $5,200.00.

A few questions I have are:

   1) I would like to have color someday, so is it possible to upgrade
      a black and white station to color easily?  On the price sheet
      in our computer store it does not list a color upgrade. I have
      heard that the machine architecture has been altered to handle
      color, but I can't believe that they are selling two different
      machines and that I would have to buy a new computer if I wanted
      color.

   2) Is it worth buying a cube so that I can get the optical drive?
      As I understand it, the NeXTstation is not capable of using an
      optical drive and that they can only be used on a cube.

How would you contrast the NeXTstation with a comparable MacIntosh system?

I know not everyone is interested in hearing responses to these questions,
so if you could please reply to dkolson@ics.uci.edu.

David

P.S.  How cheap are student loans?  :)