Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!lll-winken!uwm.edu!psuvax1!news From: melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Subject: Re: A3000UX in PCW Message-ID: Date: 30 Jun 91 16:29:34 GMT References: <1991Jun28.185652.1@cc.helsinki.fi> <1991Jun30.015457.17258@Sugar.NeoSoft.com> Sender: news@cs.psu.edu (Usenet) Organization: Penn State Computer Science Lines: 38 In-Reply-To: peter@Sugar.NeoSoft.com's message of 30 Jun 91 01: 54:57 GMT Nntp-Posting-Host: sunws5.sys.cs.psu.edu In article <1991Jun30.015457.17258@Sugar.NeoSoft.com> peter@Sugar.NeoSoft.com (Peter da Silva) writes: > the article states, among other things, that the thing runs X-windows > very slowly (no, I haven't had a change to try it myself yet). So much for > the said sluggishness of the NeXTstep... The writer What, because X windows is sluggish that means NeXTSTeP isn't? They both suck canal water through a dirt garden hose... This is simply not true. NeXTStep is quite responsive on a 16MB(<$600 for an 16MB at the Chip Merchant). I thought that our long discussion a few months back settled the misunderstanding that the NeXT is slow. There's more horsepower in the 68040 NeXT than a 68030 Amiga even with the blitter. You do, if the NeXT or Sparc is exactly what you need. Both pretty much need a network to tango, though (the NeXT less so, the equivalent priced Sparc is diskless... the NeXT just comes with no expansion and barely enough disk space). Why wouldn't a NeXT be a great stand alone machine? Methinks you are wrong. Any machine is better if it's networked, but I can't think of any reason that you "pretty much need a network." Also, you can buy the NeXT with a 105MB, 200MB, 400MB, or 1.2GB(Cube only) configurations. There is a SCSI port on the back for an external HD too. Could you clarify what you mean by "no expansion?" The NeXTstation is expandable to 32MB using 4MB SIMMS(will 16MB SIMMS be compatible with the current SIMM slots?). There is a SCSI port, plus several other ports for modems, printers, etc. I think there's even a port for directly connecting to the DSP. Midi devices can be connected to the NeXT. What more do you want? Color for your DTP packages? Buy a NeXTstation color. What have you added to you "expandable" Amiga 3000 lately? -Mike