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Re:What was it like to be a software engineer at NeXT? by wpietri on Tuesday November 24, 2020 @06:42PM (#25204339)
Ah, a lovely machine. That was their second generation, when they were starting to get a sense of reality. Although Wikipedia has the introductory price at $4995, or nearly $10k in 2020 dollars.
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Re:What was it like to be a software engineer at NeXT? by jonhendry18 on Tuesday November 24, 2020 @10:25PM (#25205720)
"Although Wikipedia has the introductory price at $4995, or nearly $10k in 2020 dollars."

But the comparable machines of the time like the Mac IIfx or the Sun boxes of the time had similar or higher prices.

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Re:What was it like to be a software engineer at NeXT? by wpietri on Wednesday November 25, 2020 @10:18AM (#25210078)
Sure, but the Mac II fx was the high-end machine in a consumer line with plenty of low-end options. And the Sun boxes were workstations targeted at businesses and institutions, where high price is not a barrier if the business value is there.

The NeXT hardware was never really competitive in either market except certain niches. E.g., all our clients were in financial trading, because they were willing to pay a huge premium for rapid app development for financial traders.

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Re:What was it like to be a software engineer at NeXT? by GlenTheMachine on Wednesday November 25, 2020 @07:54AM (#25208689)
It had a significant educational discount I believe. And I was a college student.
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