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I am a prospective used-cube buyer, and I want to know if NeXT
is going to keep the basic design of the cube for the future.
I want to know, specifically, if NeXT will offer screamin' fast
motherboards for the cube in the future (I am not really interested
the specifics of processor, etc, but I want to know if the design
of the cube is going to continue...  you see, I would be more than 
just a bit pissed at NeXT if I buy a 25MHz '040 cube, and then six months
or a year down the line, NeXT reveals the NRW or brick or whatever, 
and says "OK, guys, here's the *new* cube, enjoy!" and then preceeds
to show me a motherboard that makes the paint peel off the case from
sheer power (toung-in-cheek here!) and says that it won't be available
for the existing cube owners...)

I think, that if I were NeXT (oh what a fun that would be!) I would
keep the design of the cube...  honestly, it's very good.  Plenty of room
for large motherboards, and even if they get too big and complex for the
size of the case (I don't think so, guys), they can always have two cards
in two of the four slots...  It makes an ideal (wel, very good) server, 
since it has two full-height, 5.25" drive bays, and has room for 
expansion cards (of which there are currently few)...  anyway, it's
a good design.

Also, I would like to know if anywhere there are plans for
a cheap (cheaper than the ND!) color board for cubes... what a concept!

Well, off my soap-box for now, but I would like input on the future of
the cube, since I think the slab is a pretty safe design for NeXT (the
proverbial "pizza-box" computer that is the mainstay of workstations now.)

-nate sammons

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