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From: jmann@bigbootay (Jim Mann)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: The NeXT and the Mac
Keywords: Workstation vs. Personal Computer
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Date: 20 Dec 89 16:00:25 GMT
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What's the difference between a workstation and a PC?  I think the
line is fuzzy. Five years ago you could point to Suns and say "Work
station" and point to 8088/80286 PCs or Mac Plusses and say "PC." I
don't think you can quite do that anymore. Some "Workstations" are
becoming cheap enough that they can be thought of as high-end PCs. Some
PCs and Macs are becoming powerful enough to be called workstations
(MAC II CX, 25 and 32 MHz 386 and 486 machines).

What's the NeXT?  Both. Either.