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From: cmcmanis%pepper@Sun.COM (Chuck McManis)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Next Machine
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Date: 22 Sep 88 23:05:08 GMT
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Reply-To: cmcmanis@sun.UUCP (Chuck McManis)
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A couple of observations from someone who has seen many, many, computer
announcements and such. 

A) Every new machine from a respected source develops something of a 
   rumor-feature list. The NeXT machine is no exception. I remember
   the same sort of hoopla surrounding the PC jr announcement. The
   speculation on *that* machine was that it would be 286 based come
   with great color graphics, have the full 640K of RAM and cost less
   than a $1000. And look what showed up :-). This is not to say that
   the NeXT machine *won't* have everything it is rumored to have, heck
   I'm just as interested as the NeXT guy (:-) so many pun opportunities)
   but I am a firm believer in the realities of what some of the things
   that are in the NeXT box cost now, and could concieveably cost in the
   future and frankly it doesn't add up. Fortunately, we'll finally see
   it next month. (Did you hear the story about how Jobs wanted to 
   have October dedicated to the machine? He try to get the governer
   proclaiming October as NeXT month but was told California couldn't
   very well go calling October,  November now could it? It would confuse
   to many people. :-))

B) The grass is always greener two years down the road.


--Chuck McManis
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These opinions are my own and no one elses, but you knew that didn't you.