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{eThe Next Generation Of Amigas{a
Commodore Germany have just ditched
{f The opinions of your editor,{a a range of PCs based around the Intel
{f Tantalus/Destiny. {a 80386 - there's a recession on, and PC
margins are smaller than they've ever
been; I wonder if - had this not been
Two new Amigas. It was enough to the case - we'd have ever been graced
make {eAmiga Format {ago `Wow!' on their by this overhaul at all.
front cover. At {fSatanic Rites{a
however, we're a lot more sceptical; As a company, {fCommodore{a heads were
the Amiga was starting to show it's probably trying to justify at
age - God damn it, it was looking board-room level the huge investment
pretty decrepid in the late eighties. made in the move to surface-mount
Commodore had to do something pretty technology. The A600's selling 60,000
drastic to keep the Amiga range on the units a month in the UK alone, but the
forefront of computer technology, profit margins on this cut-down,
which begs the question: have they cut-price machine are small, and
gone nearly far enough? although they're certainly benefitting
from the lower machine failure-rate,
The A500 will soon be celebrating they were probably not receiving a
(?) it's seventh year - that, in terms desirable return on the company's
of computing, represents a lifetime. investment. Couple this with a user
base yelling out for more power, is bad news for Commodore, they want
better graphics and better sound and all the support they can get. A
what do you get? Change-(minus the probable brief to the designers: WOO
improved sound). THESE PEOPLE BACK!!
Sales of Amigas were pretty good Let's have a look at the machines.
through the Summer months. Home
computers are subject to seasonal The A4000 is the supposed entry
demand, and Satanic Rites have yet to into the field of `serious' computing.
see the figures for the Autumn and What you'll find is business users
pre-Christmas sales. There are no chorkling at the thought of
signs that support is trailing off, authorising anything but an industry
but then it's very difficult to (bog) standard PC, just ask a computer
monitor Amigas that aren't being professional: they're very unlikely
used.... to take any machine derived from a
range perceived as a games machine
But there are thousands of them. seriously. No, I think you'll find
Redundant Amigas sit gathering dust in that these machines will go to a
every bedroom of an enthusiast who special class of Amiga owners:
considers his Amiga surpassed by the enthusiasts with More Money Than Sense
spanking-new, feature-filled PC that ({eMMTS{a).
he bought at a cut-throat price. This
Away from industry's ludicrously overhauled for the new machine. We
short-sighted IT departments, you'll were unable to obtain any dates for
find a whole number of specialist the release, but will bring you them
fields in various industries that will when they're good enough to spill the
be taking this baby more than just beans.
seriously...
The {e1200?{a Everyone seems to be
The Amiga has always been a `on-the-upgrade', indeed I myself am
favourite in video work - indeed the soon to grace an {fAmiga 1200{a.
interlace mode has been retained for Software? It's a bit of a problem,
this purpose - Amigas are much cheaper and reset is no longer a soft option
and infinitely more flexible than for the impatient (for some bizarre
Quantel's Paintbox, and with 24-bit reason it takes a whopping nine
colour as standard the Amigas future seconds)
in television and film production
looks set to flourish. The PC? It's creeping up on us
still. They're no longer very
NewTek were unable to tell us much: expensive and as for customer support
but {eSatanic Rites {ahas been informed (something that's always been a little
that the unfinished PAL version of the thin on the ground at Commodore!) it's
eagerly-awaited Video Toaster, now at second to none.
version 2 in the States, will be
Make up your own mind, and if you
reach a decision, write to Satanic
Rites/Destiny and tell us about it.