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From: phd_ivo@gsbacd.uchicago.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: NeXT Policy
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Date: 1 Oct 89 23:00:00 GMT
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Organization: University of Chicago Graduate School of Business
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>Point is, if NeXT is stressing business applications primarily, then businesses
>are a primary target.

Agreed. I just wanted to emphasize that the occasional comments by students
about the high price-tag of $6500+handling is not the end, at all. Note that
for most of the quoted target group, the option is between buying an IBM
or compatible system, with all the software, and a NeXT.  Most IBM-like systems
these days come with long warranties. Don't flame me, please: I bought a
NeXT, obviously, so I prefer a NeXT. So, NeXT warranty is a factor.

% I don't know how long the standard NeXT warranty is, but if it is 90 days or
% more, it is plenty long.

It would be long if NeXTs would rarely fail. Unfortunately, I have had two failures
right into my fourth month of ownership (and I understand that failures are quite
common around here). Let me immediately add that NeXT decided to pay for both
of these failures. Still, running with a 90-day-only warranty is not a real
option for a NeXT owner.

% And, student financial hardships notwithstanding,
% $900 is not much to pay for a year's service contract.  Businesses and research
% labs both pay ten-fold that amount for similar service on many similar systems.

Does a single-user extended warranty for a similar system (i.e. a souped-up MSDOS
computer) really cost as much per year as a new NeXT with 330MB Harddisk?

Let me also add that I mis-quoted the $900 figure. It's $700 if you buy the warranty
at purchase, and $1100 if you buy it after the purchase.


ivo welch	iwelch@agsm.ucla.edu
		phd_ivo@gsbacd.uchicago.edu