Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!rex!uflorida!gatech!psuvax1!news From: melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Subject: Re: NeXT/Amiga Multimedia.. Message-ID: Date: 18 May 91 03:07:14 GMT References: <1991May15.193236.4712@menudo.uh.edu> <1991May18.001444.4743@IRO.UMontreal.CA> <1991May18.021039.26428@lynx.CS.ORST.EDU> Sender: news@cs.psu.edu (Usenet) Distribution: comp Organization: Penn State Computer Science Lines: 24 In-Reply-To: hackbod@prism.cs.orst.edu's message of 18 May 91 02: 10:39 GMT Nntp-Posting-Host: sunws0.sys.cs.psu.edu In article <1991May18.021039.26428@lynx.CS.ORST.EDU> hackbod@prism.cs.orst.edu (Dave Hackborn) writes: Yes, the NeXT Station *is* a nice machine, and when I was looking for a computer to buy, I had a tough time deciding between it and the A3000. Until I found out that there was no way to upgrade it to color. I HATE b&w. If you want color, the NeXT Station Color is about $8000 and gives you 1120 x 832 pixel 12 bit (4096 color) display with 12 MB. Oh, and you'll need the 340MB drive to do anything serious. How much time did you get to spend with the NeXTstation? The monochrome screens(actually 4 shades of gray, 2-bits) looks quite sharp. It beats looking at a VGA screen all day. How much does an Amiga 3000 go for these days? I guess we're talking noneductional prices here, at least we seem to be. I really like the NeXT computers. I just wish I could afford one. :-) Well, at least you got the color. Maybe you and Ted Turner could go into business together? Everyone knows how worthless a monochrome screen is. If only more of the work that people did didn't require color, then NeXT would have a nice computer in the NeXTstation. -Mike