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From: sherwood@space.ualberta.ca (Sherwood Botsford)
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Subject: Re: A few Questions....about..
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Date: 6 May 91 19:17:02 GMT
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JTRQC@CUNYVM.BITNET writes
> The NeXT computer!
					Yes. 
> Will the NeXT computer be a good choice for anybody looking for a computer  
system?

	    No.  Users who must spend most of their time using existing Mac & PC  
software can find cheaper/better solutions in those machines.  If, however you  
are willing to learn new applications, for the old jobs, and new applications  
for jobs you never thought of, or want the best of mac, pc and unix in one box,  
then the answer is Yes. 

> Will the NeXT appeal to students that are not in college (grade school?)

	     I'm trying to figure out how to get NeXT to donate 20 to a local high  
school that I do volunteer work at.  
	     At work we have installed 10.  The other machines collect dust, and act  
only as compute servers.  You have to use a crowbar to separate students from  
the nexts.

> Will the NeXT try to replace the PC, MAC etc????

		     I can only hope.  It ought to, but much depends on NeXT's marketing  
savvy.

> How easy is the NeXT to program???

	      Lotus did their new spreadsheet, Improv in only a few months.  On PC's  
123 took years.

> Will There be any educational programs available?

	      Already are.  

> Will there be a joystick made for the computer??? (the NeXT game MacHine) :)

	      Don't know.

> Indeed, the NeXT does offer a wonderful package, but is it reasonable, will
> everybody (well almost everbody) want a NeXT in the next few years????
       I watched at a Unix trade show last week.  There were machines from IBM,  
Sun, SGI, DEC & Next.  Next usually had more people playing with their machines  
than the other 4 displays put together.

> HOw about a NeXT with an 88000? call it THE NeXT GenEraTiOn.

	      I asked a Next Rep this one.  "What about the rumour that the next NeXT  
will be on an 88000 series chip?  Is there any truth to this?"  He said, that  
yes, there was definately a rumour...

> Well? can anybody answer these questions???

		       I doubt it.