The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, September 12, 1991, Image 4

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3 THINGS TO CONSDER
BEFORE BUYING A COMPUTER
M YOUR FRESHMAN YEAR.
SOPHOMORE YEAR.
We’d like to suggest you give your com
puter the same careful consideration you
give your major. More, actually
After all, it typically doesn’t cost a
couple of thou
sand dollars to
switch majors. So keep in mind that the
bargain computer that works just fine for
Humanities 101 may seem a bit
lightweight when you’re knee deep in
statistics. Or complex engineering
equations. Or obscure
research citations.
Which may explain why more and more
NeXTsrations™ are moving not only into
teaching labs but into dorm rooms as well.
With a minimum of 8 MB of memory
and 105 MB of hard disk stor
age standard, you’ll be
hard pressed to run out
of room for all your acquired knowledge.
And with a Motorola 68040 processor,
that clocks in at a full 15 MIPS, you won’t
find your NeXTstation slow
ing down when your work
load is picking up.
What’s more, it won’t take
four years to learn to use one.
Don’t be surprised if you put
your NeXTstation to work
first and read the instruction
JUNI !AR.
lANDYOURl
SENIOR YEAR.
manual when you want to relax.
Just don’t be misled by our simplicity.
Behind that comfortably intuitive graphical
interface resides the full power of
UNIX,® the
operating sys
tem of choice among computing experts
on campuses around the world.
Unlike personal computer operating
systems, like DOS, under UNIX you can
print a term paper, calculate a
complex spreadsheet,
and graph your latest
lab results, all at once. All at the same time.
In fact, your NeXTstation can switch
effortlessly among any of over a hundred
NeXTstation programs. Revolutionary pro
grams like Lotus® Improv,™
SoftPC,™ Adobe Illus
trator,® WordPerfect,®
and TopDraw.™ Software you’ll want to put
to work on your school work today.
And for many days thereafter.
So visit your local cam
pus computer reseller for
your own NeXTstation
demonstration.
And get an idea how
exciting your next four
college years are
going to be.
(Reseller Imprint)
Ol Wl NeXT Computer. Ine. All right, reserved. The NeXT logo is a registered trademark, and NeXTstation is a trademark, of NeXT Computer. Inr. Adobe is a registered trademark, and I lliistratnr is a trademark, of Adobe Systems. Ins. I NIX is a registered trademark of AT&T. All other trademarks mentioned belting to their respective