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- From: wkwong@kalman.eng.ohio-state.edu (Waihon Andrew Kwong)
- Subject: Re: Bitch, Bitch, Btich (was Re: New Trinitron Color Monitors)
- Message-ID: <1993Jan22.165523.7719@ee.eng.ohio-state.edu>
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- Organization: The Ohio State University Dept of Electrical Engineering
- References: <1993Jan22.064021.16036@cs.yale.edu> <107969@bu.edu>
- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 16:55:23 GMT
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- In article <107969@bu.edu> ambi@it-next2.bu.edu (Michael Amirault) writes:
- >In article <1993Jan22.064021.16036@cs.yale.edu>
- >nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu (Nathan F. Janette) writes:
- >>
- >> The Fimi sucks; it's an embarrassment to NeXT. The new Sony
- >> is so much better it's not even funny. We previously refused
- >> to purchase color NeXT systems without 3rd party displays
- >> (Nanao T560i). In the future we won't hesitate to order
- >> the NeXT/Sony 17" display.
- >>
- >
- > Am I the only one who absolutely *loves* there NeXTStation
- >Color with the Fimi 17" display?? Everyday I read in these
- >newsgroups how:
- >
- > a) the Fimi 17" display is a piece of ****.
- > b) 3.0 is so buggy that is shoudln't have been released.
- > c) All the NeXT machines running 3.0 are too slow unless
- > they have 32MB of memory.
- >
- > I can't be the only one out there who thinks this all a bunch of
- >garbage, can I? I have a NSC at home with 16MB of memory and Fimi
- >17" monitor and I think it's the best thing I've ever used.
- >
- > I've had virtually no trouble with bugs in 3.0. Sure, people here
- >have outlined ways to crash your machine (I've yet to find a machine
- >that couldn't be crashed) but I generally don't keep repeating events
- >that I know are going to crash my machine :-) In the 10 months since I've
- >had my machine (4 with 3.0 running), my machine has crashed about 4
- >times and that is through a lot of use.
- >
- > I have no problems with speed either. I think speed is a relative
- >thing but I think the people who are complaining that you can't run
- >3.0 without at least 20MB color and 16MB b+w are off base. I'm writing
- >this message on a NeXTCube '040 with 8MB of memory and while I would
- >classify it as slow, it is still *very* usable.
- >
- > So, if there is *anyone* out there who feels the same way as I do please
- >let me know!! I find it really difficult to believe that all of these
- >recent postings (bitchings, whinings, NeXT death forcasters..) represent
- >as much of the NeXT community as they are representing in netnews traffic
- >(50%?).
- >
- > Mike Amirault
- >(these views are obviously my own...)
-
-
- I second what you said. I love my Cube with NS3.0 and Fimi mono
- monitor. This is really the CUTTING-EDGE computer I can ever used!
-
- I also have a 486PC but it is not usable (for development) by
- comparison to my NeXT!
-
- Andy
-
-