Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!cs.utexas.edu!rice!uupsi!ficc!peter From: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (peter da silva) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: Will NeXT survive? Grow with the times? Message-ID: Date: 7 May 91 13:02:06 GMT References: <1991Apr29.144421.19819@oakhill.sps.mot.com> Organization: Ferranti International Controls Corporation Lines: 45 In article , melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger) writes: > In article <-U3BJU9@xds13.ferranti.com> peter@ficc.ferranti.com (peter da silva) writes: > The NeXTstation costs 5 grand. I can practically buy a new car for that. > Check out the price of an SE/30 two years ago. Guess what it costs > $5000. Check out the price of Macs today... they've gone down quite a bit. > How much does a 386 computer from IBM or Compaq cost today? I can get a 386SX clone with 1 MB of RAM for $875, and it runs Windows 3.0 just as well as those IBMs and Compaqs. Oh, sure, it costs a bit more to get a good VGA, a decent sized hard disk, etc... but 2 grand is about right. > Which computers can you buy from IBM, Compaq, Apple, Sun, Dec, etc, > that cost $2000? The NeXT is still competitive in SPEC/$, something > that not many of the PC makers can claim. What does SPEC/$ do for J. Random Suit? Judging by the NeXT software catalog, that's who they want to sell to. > A SSII goes for $14K, so > it's not in the same market as the NeXT. Never said it was. > In short, you are comparing > computers without regard to how they fit into the market. No, I'm looking at the market and I'll be damned if I can figure out where the NeXT fits in. > Something else you aren't considering, a 486 machine running DOS + > Windows is not going to be as versatile as the NeXT. True. It's not going to be as versatile as a Mac or Amiga either. But people keep buying the damn things... > Maybe Microsoft will surprise me. What? And give up show biz? -- Peter da Silva. `-_-' peter@ferranti.com +1 713 274 5180. 'U` "Have you hugged your wolf today?"