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In article <42206779.a590@mag.engin.umich.edu> billkatt@caen.engin.umich.edu (billkatt) writes:
>In article <864@tasis.utas.oz> ben@tasis.utas.oz (Ben Lian) writes:
>>one last time), then toss out the IIcx for a NeXT when the software for
>>it matures in about 1 to 1-1/2 years' time.  I'll bet you that NeXT has
>>really got Apple worried, eh?  Just as commercial companies aim to
>>maximise the profit of the shareholders, you should aim to maximise what
>>you get out of the good money you pay for a PC.  To heck with allegiances
>>if another company produces a better machine, and there is good software
>>for it as well.
>>
>>BTW, I don't know if NeXT is going to be able to hold their pricing on
>>their machine.  The $6,500 announced for their base configuration is
>>almost too good to be true.
>>
>What would you be content with?  There is always something better.  As for
>a company making a better machine, the NeXT isn't it.  Besides, there is no
>software for it.

[Deleted description of problems with NeXT and praise of the Decstation 3100.]

>I just don't see how so many people can be duped with the newest media darling,
>when what they have does everything they want.  As for Apple being scared, I
>don't think the NeXT keeps them awake at night.

Ah ha!  Someone took my bait!  And Touche!  Point is that it is very
to get any objective assessments of new products except through lengthy
hands-on use.  I read the write-ups in BYTE and MacWorld and thought that
the machine was just too good to be true.  HOWEVER, assuming that the
descriptions of the O/S are accurate, then there may yet be salvation for
the machine.  We'll just have to wait and see.  I suspect that the original
enthusiasm for NeXT was caused by the apparently good price/performance
ratio.

As for being content with the Mac family, I am, by and large, but NOT with
their pricing here in Australia.  You should see how much we pay for them,
even from the Consortium.  I am a long time Apple owner, having worked my
way through a II+, a IIe, a Fat Mac and now a Mac Plus, and have seen the
way Apple's prices have jinked up and down.  But then, I guess business is
business, and the only thing to do is to grin and bear it.

And to repeat what I said in my previous posting, if you are in the market
for a new machine and you see better value for money elsewhere, there is
no reason to remain loyal to a brand if it doesn't provide what you perceive
it should.  I've stuck with Apple this far, but they are starting to get
a little too expensive.


-- bl




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