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From: cyliao@eng.umd.edu (Chun-Yao Liao)
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Subject: Re: Should I buy NeXT?
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Date: 27 Feb 90 21:33:55 GMT
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In article <1990Feb21.194626.20870@Neon.Stanford.EDU> philip@pescadero.stanford.edu writes:
>There's been much discussion recently about IBM Kills NeXT !!, the next
>NeXT etc. This leaves me with a few specific questions, which I would
>like answered:
>

>* is it worth waiting for the much-discussed next NeXT, or is there some
>  commitment to offer upgrades without much financial penalty?

	it should be a swap of the motherboard as said by the representative
	from NeXT when they were here to make an intro.  According to them,
	the upgrade should not be expensive (withing limit of a few hundred
	bucks)

>* has NeXT made any specific commitments to new features (e.g., color)
>  and performance - and a time-frame - for this new model?
>
	Just read somewhere in a magazine that the next NeXT is supposed to be
	announced this month or the beginning of next month. According to the
	article, it DOES color, and running at 25MHZ 68040 CPU.  The 50 MHZ
	version of NeXT will be available no earlier than next year.

>Any comments?

	yes, hope they annouce it soon, and with a new low price

>Philip Machanick
>philip@pescadero.stanford.edu


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