yost@esquire.UUCP (David A. Yost) (04/07/90)
When you mention how slow the NeXT has been to catch on, often someone will say, yeah, but the Mac took a while to catch on, too. I was just cleaning out my files tonight, and I came across some interesting numbers given to me a while back by MacWeek's market research department. Macintoshes shipped: 1984 259,000 1985 231,000 1986 354,000 1987 526,000 (anyone have 1988 and 1989 figures?) All rumor I have heard puts NeXT's shipments at between 10,000 and 15,000 in the first, what has it been, 9 months now? --dave yost yost@dpw.com or uunet!esquire!yost Please ignore the From or Reply-To fields above, if different.
barry@mesquite.math.ucla.edu (Barry Merriman) (04/07/90)
In article <1919@esquire.UUCP> yost@esquire.UUCP (David A. Yost) writes: >Macintoshes shipped: > 1984 259,000 > 1985 231,000 > 1986 354,000 > 1987 526,000 But you should really compare NeXTs and MacII**s---the NeXT is infinitely more machine than a plain Mac. The fact is, most users that do just fine with their 286 IBM clones will never need the power of a NeXT, and sales will not rival those of personal computers until (if ever) the price drops by a factor of 2--3. Barry Merriman
ching@pepsi.amd.com (Mike Ching) (04/11/90)
In article <16451@nigel.udel.EDU> evenson@ee.udel.edu (Mark Evenson) writes: > > According to the latest UNIX world, in the "News Brief" section, NeXT >has been moving only "hundreds of boxes" a month, and calls this "slow". > > Mark Evenson When the Mac was introduced, Apple built a factory capable of producing a machine every 17 seconds (this is from memory, it was some time under a minute). It may have taken a while for it to be run at full capacity but probably never was as low as hundreds/month. Slow is a fair description of NeXT production. mike ching
kelvin@cs.utexas.edu (Kelvin Thompson) (04/14/90)
In article <29830@amdcad.AMD.COM>, ching@pepsi.amd.com (Mike Ching) writes: ] In article <16451@nigel.udel.EDU> evenson@ee.udel.edu (Mark Evenson) writes: ] > ] > According to the latest UNIX world, in the "News Brief" section, NeXT ] >has been moving only "hundreds of boxes" a month, and calls this "slow". ] ] When the Mac was introduced, Apple built a factory capable of producing a ] machine every 17 seconds (this is from memory, it was some time under a ] minute). It may have taken a while for it to be run at full capacity but ] probably never was as low as hundreds/month. Slow is a fair description ] of NeXT production. Does the Lisa count at "when the Mac was introduced"? I'd be curious to hear what the ramp-up of the Lisa was like compared to the cube. I know both were pretty anemic compared to aspirations. Maybe steve will get lucky with his second cube like his did with his second Lisa (a.k.a. Mac). -- -- Kelvin Thompson, Lone Rider of the Apocalypse kelvin@cs.utexas.edu {...,uunet}!cs.utexas.edu!kelvin