Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!sdd.hp.com!think.com!rpi!uupsi!TALOS!jhagen From: jhagen@talos.npri.com (Jarom Hagen) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: Will NeXT survive? Grow with the times? Message-ID: <2173@talos.npri.com> Date: 7 May 91 14:08:07 GMT References: <1991Apr29.144421.19819@oakhill.sps.mot.com> <-U3BJU9@xds13.ferranti.com> Organization: NPRI, Alexandria VA Lines: 27 melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger) writes: >In article <-U3BJU9@xds13.ferranti.com> peter@ficc.ferranti.com (peter da silva) writes: >Check out the price of an SE/30 two years ago. Guess what it costs >$5000. What was that, the suggested retail price? My SE/30 cost about $3,700 2 years ago. >Which computers can you buy from IBM, Compaq, Apple, Sun, Dec, etc, >that cost $2000? Apple and IBM offer computers for less than $2,000. They don't run Unix and they aren't that fast, but they do enough fast enough for many people who would rather have the $3,000 than the latest and greatest computer. Jarom -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Not paid for and/or endorsed by National Political Resources Incorporated. 602 Cameron St, Alexandria VA 22314 (UUCP: ...uunet!uupsi!npri6!jhagen)