peterd@cs.mcgill.ca (Peter DEUTSCH) (12/16/90)
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Well, I gues this is getting to be old news, but people
are still dismembering chickens and reading entrails to
determine NeXT's allocation strategy, so here's another
data point (is that a strange collection of metaphors, or
what? :-)
Anyways, McGill University received 20 NeXTstations this week.
they were apparently once of the first shipments out, but were
delayed at the border so arrived yesterday (this is a pretty common
experience for us, don't assume Canadian customs has a thing
against NeXT).
The machines are pretty spiffy, but I guess most of you believe
that already. We're in the process of installing them on our
Solbourne servers. Hopefully, more detailed news can come later.
One thing I found interesting, which I haven't seen
posted, is the list of "freebies" that come on the
warranty registration card. Of course, registering your
machine gets you the T-Shirt, plus the copy of Lotus
Improv, but it apparently also gets you a free
subscription to the new NeXTWorld magazine. So, for those
who claim the magazine is vaporware, well it's now free
vaporware...
For those who are tracking volume, etc. McGill got 20 of its
ordered 53 at _our_ request. We don't have storage for that many
boxes (three boxes per machine - can you say overkill?) and not
enough staff to install 53 machines in a couple of days, so asked
to have our order broken up. NeXT loved this, because, as
explained to me by my NeXTite sales-person, they've had about 1000
production 68040 chips from Motorola so far, with another 2,500
slated for December. Of course, volume for 1991 is slated to be
hundreds of thousands...
I was told most chips will go into NeXTstations in the short run,
so those with upgrade boards, be grateful.
- peterd
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