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From: es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita)
Subject: Re: Amiga OS *IS* state of the art, but the NeXT is better
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In article <ne8Ged?f1@cs.psu.edu> melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger) writes:
>
>If the Toaster only worked in the A3000...  NeXTDimension will have
>NTSC output.  I would think that it is comparable the the Toaster.  It
>should be, it costs $4000.
>
	The Toaster and NeXTDimension are not comparable items.
The NeXTD I believe can do things like display live video in a
window, the toaster can't. The Toaster can do video effects such
as wipes and fades which the dimension can't. The Dimension also
doesn't come with software to take advantage of it, so it will
have to be developed.

>     People buy Amigas. For Video, Audio and Games. What Niche does the
>   NeXT occuply?
>
>None at the moment, which could be a problem.  I think it has a chance
>of taking a piece of the DTP market and, with the NeXTDimension board,
>part of the video market.
>
>
>     Commodore has been around since the early 80's/late 70's. I even remember
>   an old Commodore 'brick' calculator they sold. They had bad years, but
>   they pulled through to produce the most sucessfl home computer ever created.
>   (C64). Now they produce one of the best multitasking PC's money can buy.
>   NeXT's are ok, but the RISC workstations are just so much better
>   in terms of performance.
>
>It's price/performance, and the NeXT is still competitive.  It's a 15
>mip, 2.5 MFLOP machine for $5000($3250 educational) plus..., well you
>know what else you get.
>
>-Mike


	-- Ethan

Q: How many Comp Sci majors does it take to change a lightbulb
A: None. It's a hardware problem.
