> If they hadn't kicked Jobs out in 1985, he might've been inclined to > let them do that, but from experience I can tell you that NeXTSTEP > really needs a large display.
I've got plenty of experience with NeXTSTeP, myself, and also with the UNIX-based clones. The main problem I found with NeXT chewing up space was the NeXT menu. Jobs couldn't use the menu bar, because he didn't want legal hassles with Apple, so he came up with the space-wasting NeXT menu. If they were building NeXTSTeP-compacts at Apple, they could have used a menu bar, and something like the control strip instead of the dock. The GUI didn't exist in a vacuum, it was designed around the hardware they were using and they would have produced something quite different starting with different hardware... but starting with the 68030 they could easily have managed a NeXT-class UNIX-based compact that was quite as peppy as MacOS 7.x, and a lot more robust and reliable. -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:compact.macs@mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
