Re: The NeXT and the Mac

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From: Chun-Yao Liao
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 1989 19:49

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In article <5094@blake.acs.washington.edu> mrc@Tomobiki-Cho.CAC.Washington.EDU (Mark Crispin) writes:
>My comment on all of this is:
>. a NeXT is a Unix workstation with an user-level interface of the Xerox type
>. a Mac is a PC with a user-level interface of the Xerox type.
>
I am confused now. If I am not wrong, the NeXt is a personal computer according
to the article first appeared in Dec 1988 issue of Byte. And then some ads
says "the most powerful personal computer ever build". Now people say the
NeXT IS a workstation and compare "workstation" to a PC here... I don't get, 
I am lost. So please, people on the net, tell me what a NeXT really is.
Is it a Worstation? or it is a personal computer? (yes, I know the mach support
multiuser, and allow other people to login to the same machine...So I am 
really confused now.)

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