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From: 6600pete@hub.UUCP
Newsgroups: alt.religion.computers,comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: What do I want to see in the Apple of the 90's?
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Date: 21 Dec 89 22:11:04 GMT
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References: <1989Dec19.175846.25694@nueces.cactus.org>

From article <1989Dec19.175846.25694@nueces.cactus.org>, by chari@nueces.cactus.org (Chris Whatley):
> 1) If you have a NeXT with a NeXT Printer attached and print something...
> 2) If you have a LaserWriter hooked up to your NeXT
> In case 1, the system slows down.
> In case 2, the NeXT is not slowed at all.

> If you need a high quality, high volume LaserPrinter, by
> all means, do NOT get a NeXT laser printer for the NeXT.

Okey doke. I don't have any problem with that.

But we were talking about standard equipment, remember? A LaserWriter or
whatever is another $5K.

Strikes me as ironic that NeXT people (not necessarily you) bash the Mac
for having an expensive printer and then recommend that one go out and buy
one for the NeXT...
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