On Friday, April 12, 2002, at 10:57 PM, Eagle wrote:
> Or, compare my SE/30 running System 7 (any version) to my NeXTcube 68030
> running NextStep 2.1. :) Actually, between those two, the SE/30 wins --
> the NeXT can do web browsing, but ain't nobody gonna do no serious web
> browsing on that thing -- it's slow. That's "S--L--O--W."
Web Browsing ain't really much fun in 2-bit colour on an SE/30 16MHz
either, on a 50MHz it's bearable but only just.
> Compare the NeXTcube 68040/33 running NextStep 3.3 (circa 1996~) with a
> P4 running Windows XP - the Cube wins. :) (But then, look who's
> judging!) OK, maybe it doesn't win for speed, but definitely for
> panache.
From what you told me earlier today the NeXT system thrashed just about
everything else going as far as panache goes right back to 1988!
> The SE/30 is still my favorite compact. Nice, nice machine. It's
> really fascinating to compare what Apple did with a 68030 and what NeXT
> did with one. Totally different computers and operating systems.
Mine too, the fastest by far of all the compacts (discounting any
modified CCs), if not the nicest looking then at least the best equipped.
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