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Re: Bitch, Bitch, Btich (was Re: New Trinitron Color Monitors)

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From: Matthew J. Grismer
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 15:43
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In article <107969@bu.edu> ambi@it-next2.bu.edu (Michael Amirault) writes:
> In article <1993Jan22.064021.16036@cs.yale.edu>  
> nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu (Nathan F. Janette) writes:
> >
> > The Fimi sucks; it's an embarrassment to NeXT.  The new Sony
> > is so much better it's not even funny.  We previously refused
> > to purchase color NeXT systems without 3rd party displays
> > (Nanao T560i).  In the future we won't hesitate to order
> > the NeXT/Sony 17" display.
> > 
> 
>   Am I the only one who absolutely *loves* there NeXTStation
> Color with the Fimi 17" display??  Everyday I read in these
> newsgroups how:
> 
> 	a) the Fimi 17" display is a piece of ****.
> 	b) 3.0 is so buggy that is shoudln't have been released.
> 	c) All the NeXT machines running 3.0 are too slow unless
>           they have 32MB of memory.
> 
>  I can't be the only one out there who thinks this all a bunch of 
> garbage, can I?  I have a NSC at home with 16MB of memory and Fimi
> 17" monitor and I think it's the best thing I've ever used. 
> 
..

I too am using a NeXTstation color with 16 Mb of RAM and NeXTSTEP 3.0, and  
find it very useable and satisfying. I haven't found any bugs in 3.0, and  
16 Mb RAM is quite adequate for my everyday work (programming and using  
many different applications).
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From: matt@zeb.ame.nd.edu (Matthew J. Grismer)
Subject: Re: Bitch, Bitch, Btich (was Re: New Trinitron Color Monitors)
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