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The NeXT cube was a workstation, not a PC. The distinction is important, because workstations were office equipment and never consumer equipment. They had much
by jordanb 9y ago
The NeXT cube was a workstation, not a PC.
The distinction is important, because workstations were office equipment and never consumer equipment. They had much fatter margins and a bigger industrial design budget.
For instance, here's another workstation from the same era as the NeXT cube:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SGI_Indigo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SGI_Indigo
- adrianratnapala 9y agoI wish we saw more of that bluish metal like in the SGI Indyigos or the classic netgear hubs & switches. We had some pizza-box style Indys in a computer lab when I was at uni. They were some of the prettiest computers I'd ever seen, even though they were just rectangles.
- cylinder714 9y agoI got one of those after my time at SCO, supporting Z-mail. It was quite an upgrade from Wyse 60s running at 9600 baud.