Path: utzoo!utgpu!attcan!uunet!ginosko!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!ames!ncar!tank!phd_ivo@gsbacd.uchicago.edu From: phd_ivo@gsbacd.uchicago.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: NeXT Policy Message-ID: <5621@tank.uchicago.edu> Date: 1 Oct 89 23:00:00 GMT Sender: news@tank.uchicago.edu Organization: University of Chicago Graduate School of Business Lines: 32 >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