A better NeXTStation or an Intel machine?

[Charles William Swiger]

Excerpts from netnews.comp.sys.next.hardware: 26-Feb-97 A better
NeXTStation or an .. by Timothy J Luoma at peak.org 
> CFO: Is is better to put a smaller amount of money into a
>         shorter-time solution or a larger amount of money into a
>         long-term solution that will bring on a great deal of
>         headaches?
>  
> THOUGHT: I read in Computer Shopper that every $1000 spent on a new     
>         computer gives you one year from obscurity (ie a computer you 
>         buy today for $2000 will be outdated in 2 years, $3000 in 3 
>         years).  Given that I have another year in school, perhaps it 
>         would be better to get the new NeXT now and once I get out
>         and get a job start saving for an Intel (by which time
>         Rhapsody will be shipping version 1.0! )

A third alternative would be to wait for a year or so until (a) Rhapsody
is available on Mac PPC hardware, and (b) until Mac PPC hardware is
shipping with 500+ MHz Exponential CPU's.  :-)

-Chuck


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