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In article <1992Sep3.145921.10696@pencom.com> alex@laos (Alex D. Nghiem)  
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> In article <1992Sep2.201542.8576@atinc.uucp> root@atinc.uucp (Operator)  
writes:
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> >     I'm trying to decide whether to plunge into my "Next" decision.   
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> > I'm looking at this configuration:
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> >         NextStation - Color, 25mhz/040, 16Meg ram, 250Meg drive, Rel. 3.0.
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> >     Will I be happy with this performance? Any input to my concerns on  
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> > and performance would be appreciated.
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> I tried to e-mail you but that bounced, so....
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> First off, let me warn you that I work for Pencom, which produces co-Xist, so  
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> may be a little biased :).  Anyway, with 16MB for a color system, you're  
going  
> to spend a lot of time waiting, especially if you're going to be doing  
> running/developing X stuff.  3.0 seems to page more than 2.1 ever did, so  
this  
> may be another incentive to buy more memory.  Finally, keep in mind that the  
X  
> distribution (ours or Cub'X) is around 55MB, so make sure that you have  
plenty  
> of disk space.
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> Hope this helps....
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I'll second that. You'll want more memory and more drive, but don't buy them  
from NeXT. There are a number of 3rd party suppliers who will give you a much  
better price than NeXT (this is typical of the situation with all workstation
vendors, not just NeXT.)

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-Michael