🚀 go-pugleaf

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.
** I feel like crying!  I can't believe NeXT isn't jumping on the RISC
   bandwagon.  I hope this ain't true.  If it is, I hope NeXT makes
   the best of it.
** Can some knowledgable person at NeXT please comment?
** Well at least a NeXT Intel machine won't cost as much as a
   NeXT RISC would.

The reason why I'm making such a big fuss about this is that I've been
monitoring the NeXT netnews groups and I even placed a subscription to
NeXTWorld (I don't even own a NeXT yet!) just to see what NeXT's plan
for a RISC machine would be. I was definitely going to purchase one
when it would be available for audio specific processing.


> 
> This sucks for a few reasons:
Sooooooooooooooooo TRUE!!!!

> 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.
> 
> 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.
> 
> Hey, IRIX ain't so bad...maybe I should go for an R4000 machine after all.
> 
> Eric