3 ms·
Did Windows and Nextstep run the same hardware?
by tosseraccount 11y ago
Did Windows and Nextstep run the same hardware?
- protomyth 11y agoYep, NeXTSTEP 3.3 had and Intel version (as well as versions for other hardware). I had the NeXTSTEP 3.3 and 4.x on an Intel 90MHz Pentium with a SCSI drive (Microway was the company I bought it from). NeXTSTEP was smooth, and Windows was a tad bit cranky.
- mschaef 11y agoIn a manner of speaking, yes. It ran on PC hardware, but when it was first released the system requirements were at the high end of the spectrum. (Local bus, 32MB RAM, fast disk, specific graphics cards, etc.) In 1993-4, I lived in a dorm over a store that focused on NeXTStep/PC hardware (Omegabyte in Austin, TX), and remember it being around a 4-5K proposition to get started, at least. Flash forward a couple years to Summer 1995, and the NeTXStep system requirements are easier to attain. Unfortunately, by then both Linux and Windows 95 have made it a lot less important.