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- From: ben@bytepb.UUCP (Ben Smith @ BYTE)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
- Subject: Re: Stalking the Ultimate Workstation?
- Message-ID: <174@bytepb.UUCP>
- Date: 6 Nov 92 15:58:21 GMT
- References: <1d8ek2INNfu@werple.apana.org.au> <1992Nov5.041715.27882@cs.yale.edu>
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- nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu (Nathan F. Janette) writes:
-
- >Not to start a religious war between SGI and NeXT folks (we
- >use and like both), but most serious DTP people I know say
- >that what you need is postscript, or better still display
- >postscript, not X, which is why a NeXT, with it's DPS based
- >window system NeXTstep, is highly praised by DTP folks.
-
- >It seems to me an Indigo has other strengths.
- I suppose I should get into this fray. The NeXT is a decent
- machine for DTP since it uses display PS and it has many add-on
- features (built-in dictionaries and references, etc.). It is,
- after all, a comparatively inexpensive workstation with a
- superalitive user interface.
-
- The SGI, on the other hand, also supports display PS in its
- window driver (as well as X and GL), and so does an admirable job
- of cranking out the PS. The basic Indigo (without graphics
- boards) is also well designed for office level DTP.
-
- My argument for the SGI is its ability to do a wider range of
- applications. The NeXT is limited to NeXTstep applications--they
- are nice, but there aren't that many and they tend to be quite
- different from anything else.
-
- On price/performance, the two rate about the same. You get what
- you pay for. -ben
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