esink@turia.dit.upm.es (Eric Wayne Sink) (10/30/90)
OK. A few questions, some are redundant, but I got here late, so
email answers at your own discretion.
What is the exact deal from NeXT ? I missed official specs, pricing
and all that... Was there a press release that someone could send me ?
I'm considering a NeXT for a HOME computer. Is this a ridiculous idea ?
(I don't think so) For example, with a PC, I would turn it off
everytime I used it, but I don't want my NeXT rebooting every day do I ?
How often is too often to turn one off ? Could I configure UUCP to
get my email over a personal phone line ? How much electricity does
the slab eat if it's left on all the time ?
I've heard that you cannot do development work on a NeXT 105, because
of disk space limitations. Can someone elaborate on this ? This
restriction would remove the greatest advantage of the machine for me.
How does the NeXT look to a non-computer expert ? My wife loves the
Mac. She is quite computer literate, but she frankly has not much of
an appreciation for memory protection, csh, or preemptive
multitasking. Her main use is Word Processing. Can she use the NeXT
easily, without problems ? Certainly she will need to learn new
things, but she will not like having to use a shell program much. How
good is WriteNow for the NeXT ? Also, is the NeXT reliable ? If the
OS crashes for me, it's not going to bother me so much, but for a
'user', this can be a bad scene.
I'm considering the Mac Classic, which has a very high performance /
price ratio, as well. Obviously the slab is the vastly superior
machine, but that Classic sure is cheap, and as much as I would like
one, I'm not sure if such a wild machine is overkill.
I like the Mac, but my needs do not justify spending more on a Mac
than the cost of the Classic, when the slab seems so cheap for
the incredible power that it has (color is NOT a big issue for me).
No flames, I'm a big Macintosh fan, I'm also a big Amiga fan, and I
think I could become a big NeXT fan as well. Right now, I own none of
these three, but I would like to change that situation. Any advice ?
Eric W. Sink Residence: C/Brasil,4 - 9B
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Universidad Politecnica de Madrid (Madrid) SPAIN
esink@turia.dit.upm.es {011 341} 677-4429jalkio@cc.helsinki.fi (11/05/90)
I am going to buy a NeXTStation, but I should know a few things first: Does it have same kind of "international" power transformer than the Cube does? (That is, I can plug it in wall outlet nearly everywhere.) It does have the DSP-chip, doesn't it? How many Simm sockets are there in the Slab? Thanks, Jouni
gcarter@globey.cs.wisc.edu (Gregory Carter) (11/13/90)
I don't know about you, but the MAC CLASSIC, any of the new so called "LOW COST" Macs are nothing but expensive and WAY under powered! Are you kidding? For the price of an Classic system, I could have a 4 meg ST, 40 meg hard drive, and much better monitor for LESS than what it costs to by a MAC CLASSIC, and if I do want a MAC I can get the emulator for a price, that is comparable, to the system Apple is selling. If you people really KNEW how much it costs to make these Macs, you would call Apple a RIP OFF. Which thier hardware is! Thank God for NeXT! And Atari, otherwise, only the rich could enjoy SUPER performance computing. --Gregory (A VERY POOR undergrad)
mikec@wam.umd.edu (Michael D. Callaghan) (11/17/90)
I have to say that, as a former ST owner, a current Mac II owner, and a future NeXT cube owner, I will take a Mac Classic over an Atari any day! The Atari should not be considered a decent alternative to a Mac. They are the most immature machines I've ever dealt with. The Mac and the NeXT, on the other hand, are a delight to work with. I've said enough, though. I don't want to start a war. BTW, I hate chocolate ice cream, too. What can I say? -- ___________________________________________________ John Doe, Sample Signature, University of Merryland jdoe@wam.umd.edu