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In article <1992Nov2.170741.2092@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu> eboltz@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu (Eric Scott Boltz) writes:
>This week's Info World, "Reports from the Field" claims that NeXT has
>terminated the dual 88110 NRW and will go with the P5 (Pentium) from
>Intel in future machines.

This is great news, assuming it to be true. Intel is winning the mass desktop
computer market, and Motorola has very little hope of getting it back. On the
one hand you have RISC workstations which are way ahead of the 88110 and on 
the other hand you've got 486+'s selling well. The only people staying with
Motorola in the micro computer world seem to be Atari, Commodore and Apple (and
even they have this possible IBM/Apple Power PC type platform).
>
>This sucks for a few reasons:
>1. We won't have a faster NeXT till the P5 ships.
>2. We're stuck with Intel.
>3. The NRW will be AS FAST AS A HIGH-END CLONE.

1 and 2 are neither here nor there. 3 may be true now, it won't be in a year.
>
>Basically, if you stick with NeXT you commit to NeXTSTEP 486.
>I was going to order a NeXTstaiton Turbo Color, but now it seems
>that a BUC (Butt-Ugly-Clone) is the best hardware investment for
>NeXTSTEP.

Some compatibles are rather nice. Maybe not as nice as a real NeXT, but then
again I assume you'll be able to buy a real NeXT in the future. Who cares
what the processor is? I'd rather see one that has mass market penetration
and is accessible to students.
 
>
>Hey, IRIX ain't so bad...maybe I should go for an R4000 machine after all.

Ha...
 
Philip McDunnough
University of Toronto
philip@utstat.toronto.edu