Steve Jobs on NeXTstation Launch: the second-generation NeXT lineup
1990 NeXTstation / NeXTcube 040 introduction keynote · September 18, 1990
What Jobs talks about
Steve Jobs introduces NeXT's second-generation lineup, centered on the NeXTstation “slab” and the upgraded NeXTcube with the 68040 processor. He also presents color models as part of the broader refresh.
The recording captures a product-focused keynote in San Francisco, aimed at showing how NeXT is moving its hardware line forward. It matters as a snapshot of Jobs’s insistence on pairing software, hardware, and design in one integrated platform.
Jobs speaks throughout.
Key points
- Introduces the second-generation NeXT lineup
- Highlights the NeXTstation “slab”
- Presents the NeXTcube with the 68040
- Discusses color models as part of the new line
- Frames NeXT as an integrated hardware-and-software platform
Full transcript
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