description NeXTstation Overview
The NeXTstation was a powerful workstation developed by NeXT in the late 1980s. It utilized a Motorola 68030 processor and ran the innovative Mach operating system, notable for its early implementation of object-oriented programming. This machine primarily targeted professional developers, engineers, and researchers requiring robust computing performance for tasks like software development and scientific applications.
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Did the NeXTstation use the same hardware as the original NeXT Computer?
No. The original NeXT Computer from 1988 used a Motorola 68030, while the NeXTstation used a Motorola 68040 in a thinner slab-style case. The NeXTstation was introduced around 1990 as a more compact workstation.
Why is the NeXTstation important to software history?
It ran NeXTSTEP, an object-oriented operating system built on Unix and the Mach kernel. NeXTSTEP heavily influenced macOS after Apple acquired NeXT in the 1990s.
Was the World Wide Web created on a NeXTstation?
The first web server and browser were created by Tim Berners-Lee on a NeXT computer at CERN. That machine is usually described as a NeXTcube rather than the later pizza-box NeXTstation.
Who actually bought NeXTstation workstations?
They were aimed at universities, research labs, financial firms, and developers rather than typical home users. The machines were expensive compared with mainstream PCs and Macs, but they offered a polished development environment with Objective-C tools.
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