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{{Short description|High-end workstation computer by NeXT}}
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| name         = NeXTstation
| logo         =
| image        = NeXT Pizzabox-IMG 7227.jpg
| caption      = NeXTstation computer, monitor, keyboard, and mouse
| developer    = NeXT
| manufacturer = NeXT
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| family       =
| type         = [[Workstation|Workstation computer]]
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| releasedate  = {{start date and age|1990|09|18}}<ref name="macworld199101_next">{{ cite magazine | url=https://archive.org/details/macworld00unse_54/page/160/mode/2up | title=Next on the Agenda | magazine=Macworld | last1=Webster | first1=Bruce F. | date=January 1991 | access-date=2 May 2024 | pages=160–166 }}</ref>
| lifespan     = 
| price        = {{USD|4995|1990|round=-2}} NeXTstation<br />{{USD|7995|1990|round=-2}} NeXTstation Color<br />{{USD|6500|1990|round=-2}} NeXTstation Turbo<!-- this is price at initial release, not the current price. -->
| discontinued = {{end date|1993}}
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| os           = [[NeXTSTEP]], [[OPENSTEP]], [[NetBSD]] (limited support)<!-- operating system --> 
| power        = 
| cpu          = [[Motorola 68040]]
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| memory       = 8 MB - 32&nbsp;MB <br /> 8&nbsp;MB - 128&nbsp;MB (<small>Turbo</small>)
| display      = MegaPixel or MegaPixel Color, 1120 × 832 pixels
| graphics     = 4-level greyscale or 4,096 colors
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| service      = <!-- online service/s offered -->
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}}
[[File:NeXTstation @ Google Office NY.jpg|thumb|A NeXTstation displaying its native desktop environment]]
'''NeXTstation''' is a high-end [[workstation|workstation computer]] developed, manufactured, and sold by [[NeXT]] from 1990 until 1993. It runs the [[NeXTSTEP|NeXTSTEP operating system]]. The system was designed to be a lower-cost option compared to the company's upscale product, the [[NeXTcube]]. Compared to the cube, it removed a number of features and had limited expandability, allowing it to fit in a much smaller [[pizza-box form factor]] case.

There were two major series of the system released during its production run. The initial models were the NeXTstation and NeXTstation Color. Both were based on the [[Motorola 68040]] processor running at 25&nbsp;MHz. The Color units supported [[12-bit color]] graphics (4,096 colors) stored in a separate 1.5&nbsp;MB [[VRAM]] memory. Turbo versions were released in April 1992, which increased the speed of the processor to 33&nbsp;MHz and increased the maximum amount of [[main memory]] from 32 to 128&nbsp;MB of [[random access memory|RAM]].

Both the station and the cube initially used the same displays, the original MegaPixel display used on the original [[NeXT Computer]]. These used a single custom connector that included wiring for the monitor's built-in speaker and the [[Apple Desktop Bus]] connector for the keyboard. The mouse plugged into the keyboard. The MegaPixel Color Display moved to the (then) standard [[DB13W3]] monitor connector, and the sound, keyboard and mouse connections were moved to the external NeXT Sound Box.