Re: New Slogan?

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From: Bob Peirce #305
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1992 21:22

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In article <2240@transfer.stratus.com> jmann@vineland.pubs.stratus.com writes:
>In article <GUMBY.92Apr15072800@Cygnus.COM> gumby@Cygnus.COM (David V.  
>Wallace) writes:
>> 
>> 		   NeXTStep: Curtains for Windows!
>
>Not at $1000 a pop it isn't.  (And $1000 is a low end, seeing that
>you need a high end 486 to run the thing.)

However, Windows seems to be heading for the same kinds of requirements.
The original windows was bog slow on a 386 so I think you might need a
486, 6-10Mb of RAM and a big HD to get the most out of it.  At that
point, another $1K for a real OS starts to make sense.
-- 
Bob Peirce, Pittsburgh, PA         rbp@investor.pgh.pa.us         412-471-5320
venetia@investor.pgh.pa.us [NeXT Mail]  !uunet.uu.net!pitt!investor!rbp [UUCP]

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From: rbp@investor.pgh.pa.us (Bob Peirce #305)
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Subject: Re: New Slogan?
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Date: 17 Apr 92 21:22:52 GMT
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