NeXT Cube

From: William Donzelli <william_at_ans.net>
Date: Mon Jan 19 09:52:13 1998

> Most of them were
> grayscale but a few really flossy ones had 24-bit color.

Many critics complained about NeXT only offering greyscale initially.

> In their time (like the Lisa) computers that too few people
> understood;

I think the general public never did understand the NeXT boxes. They
offered a bunch of stuff that PeeCees and Macs did not offer, or were not
common at the time, so much of what they saw was a big price tag.

Engineers and college types saw machines with a few too many flaws and
disadvantages. Sun-3xs (3/80 and 3/480, specifically) offered much the
same features, plus color and an established applications base. The
SPARCstations put the final nails in the NeXT coffin. The SGI 4D/s also
helped keep the NeXT down, as the Irises simply blew the Next away in the
graphics and speed departments.

It really was a nice try, but too late in the workstation world.

William Donzelli
william_at_ans.net
Received on Mon Jan 19 1998 - 09:52:13 GMT