ralphw@ius3.ius.cs.cmu.edu (Ralph Hyre) (10/21/88)
In article <662@n8emr.UUCP> lwv@n8emr.UUCP (Larry W. Virden) writes: > >What I would like to see here on the net is an OBJECTIVE (ha!) attempt at >doing this. Lets get a price on a TRUELY comperably priced system. >By comperably, what I mean is that all features on NeXT must be present >on the priced unit. Not really useful, if even possible. If I were to consider a new machine, I'd plan on buying the features I needed now, live with the limitations, and buy the others (large capacity storage (Hard or optical disk),DSP, A/D, Color) later on. A Mac ][ can be expanded to have similar hardware options, but you end up pushing against slot limits. NeXt is more tempting, but I had that much cash lying about all at once I'd buy a small car outright, rather than making payments on it. I was really thinking about getting a Mac ][ CPU w/1M for $2221 before Oct 7, when the Apple price increase supposedly took effect. I could always leave it in the box for a year, then re-sell it if I decided not to use it because of the rumored $3K NeXt just around the corner. I decided to just wait, so now I guess I'll wait a little longer to see what the competition does. -- - Ralph W. Hyre, Jr. Internet: ralphw@ius3.cs.cmu.edu Phone:(412) CMU-BUGS Amateur Packet Radio: N3FGW@W2XO, or c/o W3VC, CMU Radio Club, Pittsburgh, PA "You can do what you want with my computer, but leave me alone!8-)"
mfi@beach.cis.ufl.edu (Mark Interrante) (10/21/88)
In article <3366@pt.cs.cmu.edu> ralphw@ius3.ius.cs.cmu.edu (Ralph Hyre) writes: ... >I was really thinking about getting a Mac ][ CPU w/1M for $2221 before >Oct 7, when the Apple price increase supposedly took effect. I could always >leave it in the box for a year, then re-sell it if I decided not to use it >because of the rumored $3K NeXt just around the corner. I decided to just ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >wait, so now I guess I'll wait a little longer to see what the competition >does. I have not heard these rumors! Are they from good sources? What are the details Inquiring minds want to know! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mark Interrante Software Engineering Research Center mfi@beach.cis.ufl.edu CIS Department, University of Florida 32611 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Imagine what it would be like if TV actually were good. It would be the end of everything we know." Marvin Minsky
jim@athsys.uucp (Jim Becker) (10/22/88)
From article <3366@pt.cs.cmu.edu>, by ralphw@ius3.ius.cs.cmu.edu (Ralph Hyre): > In article <662@n8emr.UUCP> lwv@n8emr.UUCP (Larry W. Virden) writes: > [thoughts of buying MAC II vs. NeXT] > leave it in the box for a year, then re-sell it if I decided not to use it > because of the rumored $3K NeXt just around the corner. I decided to just > wait, so now I guess I'll wait a little longer to see what the competition ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^->>> > does. Ah! Another case of the infinite "After you, After you" timing problem; applied to the real world !! My college professors would smile! ;-)> > - Ralph W. Hyre, Jr. OB. Comment: Sun could probabily make a better box then NeXT by the time it comes out, but I bet Sony will mixup NEWS w/ optical, sound, video, et al. by then!! Setting Sun in late 1989? -Jim Becker
jherr@umbio.MIAMI.EDU (Jack Herrington) (10/22/88)
in article <164@tityus.UUCP>, jim@athsys.uucp (Jim Becker) says: > Ah! Another case of the infinite "After you, After you" timing problem; > applied to the real world !! My college professors would smile! ;-)> You are right, but I don't think that can be applied to NeXT, at the moment I could see buying one instead of a VaxStation 2000 to put on the network as a graphic telnet server (a little over-simplified). Use that for the justification of the purpose, then play with it and see if we could use it. Hell, a $6500 ethernet, with large monitor, 8 megs, and a 275 some meg hard disk that has unix, plus bla bla bla, can't be all bad. All though I really can't see it going into a Freshman's backpack quite yet... -Jack jherr%umbio@umigw.miami.edu "Face it, we beat ND, the refs were against us." :-)