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NeXT released a second generation of workstations in 1990.

The new range included a revised NeXT Computer, renamed the NeXTcube, and the NeXTstation, nicknamed " the slab ," which used a " pizza box " case form-factor.

Jobs was explicit in ensuring NeXT staff did not use the latter terminology, lest the NeXT machines be compared to competing Sun workstations.

The magneto-optical drive was replaced with a 2. 88 MB floppy drive to offer users a way to use their floppy disks.

However, individual 2. 88 MB floppies were expensive and the technology did not supplant the 1. 44 MB floppy.

Realizing this, NeXT utilized the CD-ROM drive, which eventually became an industry standard for storage.

Color graphics were available on the NeXTstation Color and the NeXTdimension graphics processor hardware for the NeXTcube.

The new computers were cheaper and faster than their predecessors, with the new Motorola 68040 processor.