mlarken@ac.dal.ca (12/09/89)
Pardon me for sounding uninformed...
I'm a somewhat naive newcomer to not only the network, but also the
NeXT. I'm a first-year undergraduate student in Nova Scotia, and I recently
attended a seminar on the NeXT, which demonstrated many of its "flashier"
abilities.
My problem is this: I still use my old Apple //e, but I'm experienced
on the IBM, Macintosh, Amiga and some workstation-type computers. Until
recently, I was dead-set on the Mac2 as a choice for a new computer.
Then along came the NeXT. From what I saw, it can do anything the Mac2
can, at a marginally higher cost (if you include the accessories one must add
to the Mac2. Beyond this, I'm a student, so I get student rates -- around
$6,500 Canadian without the OHD.
I know I'm asking an unobjective group (I'd get a far different response
from a bunch of Mac users :-)) -- but what do you think I should do?
I'll want it for business applications, DTP, graphics and sound. I hear
there's a color board in the works ... and I don't mind saying my loyalty to
the //e makes me want to support Woz or Jobs -- and Jobs has outdone his
peers this time round.
Markum.