From: szatrows@gandalf.rutgers.edu (John Kheit)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.advocacy
Subject: Re: Byte Magazine pans the NeXTstation
Date: 18 Nov 92 00:51:04 GMT
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.

>My world would be turned upside down if a trash magazine like today's
>Byte actually said something good about the NeXT. Then it would be
>time to sell my NeXT machine and buy whatever is the new, and
>actually innovative machine.

This is weird, but true.  When I first got my Macintosh in 84 (yea the
toaster 128k model) everyone thought I was nuts.  I could have bought
an IBM PC for the same amount of money at the time.  But I saw that it
was an innovative machine, nothing like it (except the Lisa wich was
too much money at the time; actually a cool machine, it did multi
tasking on a 68000!!!!!!) at the time.  All of the magazines were so
openly biased, they just panned the mac as being useless, even after
all of the major short commings were addressed i.e. memory, HD screen,
color etc, the PC mags still dismissed it and even till this day some
of them dismiss it.

	Could you imagine the Car magazines doing the same thing to
protect their customers ego's about the old computers they bought.

Well sure this new Ferrari has 12 cylinders and variable valved
ceramic engine and 700 horse power out of a 1.5 liter engine that gets
100 miles per gallon and goes 0-60 in 3.2 seconds, but in the real
world it just doesnt cut the mustard, your ford is still really the
best thing out there and dont you worry your little head about
anything, uncle PC mag will make those investment nightmares go away.

People buy machines because at the time the machine does what they
need and in say 4-5 years when something better comes along they can
go and get it (most of the time).  There should be no fear factor, so
what that my 88 Honda Accord is old news; I'll get a 93 Eagle Talon
and I'll be set for another 5 years--no fear on my part.  Same with my
computer, when the Mac seemed old hat, I just moved on up (Jefferson's
theme song if you like :-).  The computer magazines could just start
covering whatever the new trends are, that way they are looking out
for society's best interests, not just a particular computer group's
best interests.

	I have to give MacWeek a little credit for something they did
a couple of years back, they had a NeXTweek issue.  It was just like
MacWeek but about the NeXT (actually it was an insert in MacWeek).  At
any rate I think they did it partly out of fear that the NeXT was
going to suck many Mac owners away and they would also need to cover
the NeXT assuming it became a big enough market...  But it was nice to
see some coverage of another machine that was more or less fair; I
havent read MacWeek in quite a while (no mac no macweek), but Id
venture to guess they dont cover the NeXT much and if they do it too
is probably skewed.  Ironically, MacWeek is probably doing to NeXT
what the PC mags were doing to the mac in the begining.

Ceste La Vi!  I guess thats just the way things are...

later, John
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