Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!pt.cs.cmu.edu!andrew.cmu.edu!jd3l+ From: jd3l+@andrew.cmu.edu (Jean-Marc Debaud) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re^2: IBM Kills NeXT !! Message-ID: Date: 18 Feb 90 18:21:45 GMT References: <1654@mit-amt.MEDIA.MIT.EDU> , <4264@helios.TAMU.EDU> Organization: Humanities and Social Sciences, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA Lines: 29 In-Reply-To: <4264@helios.TAMU.EDU> Keith Perkins (n245bq@tamunix.tamu.edu) writes: >Personally, I'm going to wait for the new NeXT to come out before I make any >judgement. The IBM looks good, but I like the NeXT for other things besides >speed. I like the BSD compatable OS, the DSP chip, the music capability, and >the optical drive - all of which I belive the IBM machines lack. If the new >NeXT is up to date in terms of speed (both optical drive and processor), then >it should be comparable to these new IBMs. All this is quite true. But as for the optical drive, I think the tech. is not up to speed. Why would you need to put a hard disk is the cube otherwise ? True, this is new tech. and is nice but it doesn't work well. So there is nothing to be too exited about. You want to wait for the next NeXT. My memory is failing me here, but I think we may not see it for a while. And with what ? Software version 0.69 ? There is clearly a problem of delays with NeXT. I also strongly doubt that the 68040 is fast enough to match even remotely the entry level Power Station. I have been told that AIX of IBM s... (is so bad) Why is this ? Are you sure it is not compatible with other Unix like BSD ? I agree that NeXT sound chip is nice and IBM lacks it but I am sure they can remedy to this especially with the power they boost. Jean-Marc De Baud Carnegie Mellon jd3l+@andrew.cmu.edu