cs4w+@andrew.cmu.edu (Charles William Swiger) (09/17/90)
Collin Douglas writes:
The NeXT wasn't designed for desktop use. At least, not your 'normal'
desktop. Who really needs a 25 Mhz desktop machine unless you are doing
some REALLY heavy duty stuff.
The NeXT is designed to be a low cost, highly graphically oriented
machine capable of operating as a Unix workstation over a distributed
filing system. It is also aimed as a competitor against the Mac // line
as a high end "personal" (or "desktop", if you like) computer. It is a
very powerful machine that is really nice to work with.
-- Charles William Swiger
cs4w+@andrew.cmu.edugwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn) (09/29/90)
In article <0ax1lv600VpeBXDl9e@andrew.cmu.edu> cs4w+@andrew.cmu.edu (Charles William Swiger) writes: -Collin Douglas writes: -The NeXT wasn't designed for desktop use. At least, not your 'normal' -desktop. Who really needs a 25 Mhz desktop machine unless you are doing -some REALLY heavy duty stuff. -The NeXT is designed to be a low cost, highly graphically oriented -machine capable of operating as a Unix workstation over a distributed -filing system. It is also aimed as a competitor against the Mac // line -as a high end "personal" (or "desktop", if you like) computer. It is a -very powerful machine that is really nice to work with. I know from personal experience that professional engineers find the NeXT very appealing. Note that you need all the CPU power you can get in order to support high-resolution color-graphics user interfaces. We use comparable (actually graphically superior) products (SGI Iris 4Ds), and there are times when even they aren't responding fast enough to keep up with the user's pace of working.
cbdougla@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu (Collin Broad Douglas) (09/29/90)
In article <13960@smoke.BRL.MIL> gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn) writes: >In article <0ax1lv600VpeBXDl9e@andrew.cmu.edu> cs4w+@andrew.cmu.edu (Charles William Swiger) writes: >-Collin Douglas writes: >-The NeXT wasn't designed for desktop use. At least, not your 'normal' >-desktop. Who really needs a 25 Mhz desktop machine unless you are doing >-some REALLY heavy duty stuff. >-The NeXT is designed to be a low cost, highly graphically oriented >-machine capable of operating as a Unix workstation over a distributed >-filing system. It is also aimed as a competitor against the Mac // line >-as a high end "personal" (or "desktop", if you like) computer. It is a >-very powerful machine that is really nice to work with. > >I know from personal experience that professional engineers find the >NeXT very appealing. Note that you need all the CPU power you can get >in order to support high-resolution color-graphics user interfaces. >We use comparable (actually graphically superior) products (SGI Iris >4Ds), and there are times when even they aren't responding fast enough >to keep up with the user's pace of working. That's what I call an abnormal desktop though. I'd personally LOVE to have a workstation on my desk but then again, I plan to be a professional engineer :) Collin Douglas cbdougla@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu actually, I'd rathar have an HP/Apollo DN 10000.