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Article #11444Re: comparing NeXT vs Mac on slow sales rampup
From: Barry Merriman
Date: Sat, 07 Apr 1990 05:50
Date: Sat, 07 Apr 1990 05:50
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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
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ucla-cs!math.ucla.edu!mesquite!barry From: barry@mesquite.math.ucla.edu (Barry Merriman) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.next Subject: Re: comparing NeXT vs Mac on slow sales rampup Summary: Comparing Apples and NeXTs Message-ID: <2511@sunset.MATH.UCLA.EDU> Date: 7 Apr 90 05:50:49 GMT References: <1919@esquire.UUCP> Sender: news@MATH.UCLA.EDU Reply-To: barry@math.ucla.edu (Barry Merriman) Distribution: usa Organization: UCLA Department of Math Lines: 14