[comp.sys.next] Another defector from the Mac camp??!! Why should I?

cs00jec@unccvax.uncc.edu (Jim Cain v2.0.1) (11/04/90)

Oh no! Not another Mac devotee converting to NeXT? Could it be true?

Yes, I actually went to Businessland today to look seriously at the NeXT
(our school does not sell them -- I was of course referred to a distributor
in Raleigh who sells to local schools and such).

I know it's obvious to all the NeXT fans, but why should I sacrifice my
considerable experience on a Mac (I don't own one myself) and all the
apps I would have (illegal) access to (until I had the money to buy them),
such as QuarkXPress, Adobe Illustrator, Aldus FreeHand, etc.?

I hear XPress and Illustrator will soon be available for the NeXT. When?

My main interest is programming, and the NeXT development environment and
UNIX are certainly better bargains than the Mac counterparts.

P.S. If anyone from the Mac kingdom reads this, please forgive my
transgression.