NeXT Computer System history

The NeXT Computer (also called the NeXT Computer System) was a high-end workstation computer developed, manufactured and sold by Steve Jobs' company NeXT from 1988 until 1990. It ran the Unix-based NeXTSTEP operating system. The NeXT Computer was packaged in a 1-foot (305 mm) die-cast magnesium cube-shaped case, which led to the machine being informally referred to as "The Cube". It cost US$6500.
A NeXT Computer was used by Tim Berners-Lee at CERN to develop the world's first web server software, CERN HTTPd, and also used to write the first web browser, WorldWideWeb. This workstation became the world's first web server on the Internet.
The NeXT Computer was superseded by the NeXTcube in 1990. The NeXT Computer was not a great commercial success. However, some are still used around the world as servers and hobbyist desktops.

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[benzlzhang]

'for those who don't know me this is Steve Jobs...' everybody with a sense for beauty and heart for achievement knows you Steve. Changed the world....

[kworld01]

I remember adapting some of the NeXT GUI design into one of my software programs back in the day, mostly the beveled shadow box icons. What a pleasing and sleek design. Thanks Steve Jobs!

[manontherun111]

my dad still has a 17 iinch trinitron kicking around somewhere.