mr2t+@andrew.cmu.edu (Michael Tod Rose) (03/25/89)
The Carnegie Mellon Computer Store is taking orders for the NeXT machines now.
According to their price list...
*NeXT WORKSTATION ("Special Order" Only)*
Model N9001-08 (8MB mem., 256MB mag/opt) 6770.00*
Model N9001-12 (12MB mem., 256MB mag/opt) 8330.00*
Model N9001-16 (16MB mem., 256MB mag/opt) 9830.00*
Model N9002-08 (8MB mem., 256MB mag/opt,
330MB Hard Disk) 8855.00*
Model N9002-12 (12MB mem., 256MB mag/opt,
330MB Hard Disk) 10415.00*
Model N9002-16 (16MB mem., 256MB mag/opt,
330MB Hard Disk) 11975.00*
Model N9003-08 (8MB mem., 256MB mag/opt,
660MB Hard Disk) 10940.00*
Model N9003-12 (12MB mem., 256MB mag/opt,
660MB Hard Disk) 12500.00*
Model N9003-16 (16MB mem., 256MB mag/opt,
660MB Hard Disk) 14060.00*
Laser Printer (400 dpi) 2085.00
Toner Cartridge (In Stock) 110.00
* Includes Keyboard, Mouse, Monitor (17", B/W, 4 Grayscales)
(Notice that the only item now in stock is the Toner Cartridge. Yippee skip.)
As you can see, the low-end (!) model does retail for $6770, approximately what
was anticipated. However, aside from the fact that none of these machines are
actually being sold just yet (notice the "Special Order Only" status), there is
another catch. I am told that NeXT will not be selling any machines w/out a
hard drive until sometime in 1990, due to reliability concerns about the
floptical drive.
If this is in fact the case, the minimum price of a running NeXT box goes to
$8855. *Sigh.*
-mike
(Standard disclaimers apply double because I operate solely on hearsay.)
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Michael T. Rose mr2t+@andrew.cmu.edu .sigs are for the weak. :-}caromero@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (C. Antonio Romero) (03/28/89)
In article <MY-bjLy00XoiM1H0hv@andrew.cmu.edu> mr2t+@andrew.cmu.edu (Michael Tod Rose) writes: > I am told that NeXT will not be selling any machines w/out a >hard drive until sometime in 1990, due to reliability concerns about the >floptical drive. >If this is in fact the case, the minimum price of a running NeXT box goes to >$8855. *Sigh.* I believe the concern is not so much reliability as a software issue-- unmounting the file system where your swap space lives while the machine is running can be a bit tricky... ;-) I'd heard they'd have that fixed for 1.0, but maybe they won't. We'll know in a few months, I guess. -Antonio Romero romero@confidence.princeton.edu
carlton@draco (Mike Carlton) (03/28/89)
In article <7421@phoenix.Princeton.EDU> caromero@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (C. Antonio Romero) writes: >In article <MY-bjLy00XoiM1H0hv@andrew.cmu.edu> mr2t+@andrew.cmu.edu (Michael Tod Rose) writes: >> I am told that NeXT will not be selling any machines w/out a >>hard drive until sometime in 1990, due to reliability concerns about the >>floptical drive. >>If this is in fact the case, the minimum price of a running NeXT box goes to >>$8855. *Sigh.* > > >I believe the concern is not so much reliability as a software issue-- >unmounting the file system where your swap space lives while the >machine is running can be a bit tricky... ;-) I'd heard they'd have >that fixed for 1.0, but maybe they won't. We'll know in a few months, >I guess. > >-Antonio Romero romero@confidence.princeton.edu A couple of details on the Next situation. They will sell you an optical based system (we have one in our group). They have promised an optical-to- optical copy ability in the 0.9 release, due in mid-April. The optical seek times are kinda slow, so you really are better off with a SCSI based system if you can afford it (we have one in our office and it is great). -- Mike Carlton, UC Berkeley Computer Science | More bits, carlton@ji.berkeley.edu ...!ucbvax!ji!carlton | Give me more bits.