NeXT questions

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1 total messages Started by Mike Campbell Wed, 15 Apr 1992 16:58

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Author: Mike Campbell
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1992 16:58

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I am thinking of making the move from the PC environment to a NeXT, but before
I take the plunge I had a few questions for you netters.

I know that SoftPC is available to run my PC programs in a window, but how
well does this work? Is the speed something that I can live with or is it slow?
I ask because I have several games for the PC as well as a few PC applications
that I will have to continue to run.

What is the availability of quality applications for the NeXT now?  By this I
mean major CAD packages, databases, word processing, desktop publishing, etc.
Ideally I would like to see AutoCAD and Pagemaker or something equal to this
quality.  Also what is the price of such an application?  

What would you recommend as a minimum configuration for someone just getting
started.  I had planned on a b&w slab with 8M memory and somewhere in the
range of a 250-400 Meg hard disk.  Is this appropriate given that I won't be
doing major scientific work with it. I will want to use IB and C programming,
but only for my personal use.

Thanks,


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