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From: bakke@plains.UUCP (Jeff Bakke)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Re: WOULD *YOU* BUY A NeXT COMPUTER?  (Read even if you wouldn't)
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Message-ID: <3024@plains.UUCP>
Date: 22 Dec 89 06:28:58 GMT
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Reply-To: bakke@plains.UUCP (Jeff Bakke)
Organization: North Dakota State University, Fargo
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Well, my reply to this question would have to be: If I had the money
yes.

Although I am a avid Programmer on the PC 80x88 architecture, I aslo
(aslo?) program quite a bit on the Unix systems.  If I were to switch
to a NeXT system, the only regret that I might have would be that my
games would no longer run :-).  As far as editors and user oriented programs,
I would miss very little.  Granted the Turbo Debugger would be missed, but
I'm sure I'd make do.  

A reminder is that I'm a programmer by trade and that as long is there
is an assortment of compilers/assemblers/support packages that I'll be
happy.  If I were a user looking a NeXT system, I might want to hold off
for a bit until it was release to the general public and see what
programs become available for it from second and third party vendors and
possibly what peripherals become available (although what else would you
need with it?).

Also, I do a fair amount of graphics oriented programming and I'd like to
see color graphics, but I hear that they're working on a color display for
it..


Anyway my two bits.

Jeff Bakk
Jeff Bakke
bakke@plains.NoDak.edu