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- Andrew Barnett (andy@crazybe.demon.co.uk) wrote:
- : Ok, right. All I when to know is that will there be LightWave 4.0, 5.0 on
- : the Amiga. I've just bought LW 3.5 for my Amiga and I want to know whether
- : I have wasted my money and should go and KILL myself.
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- It was stated a while back, that NewTek announced that 4.0 will be
- available for the Amiga, but will be the last version for the Amiga. Of
- the Toaster, I don't know what its future will be. There is no Toaster
- for anything else but Amigas, and I don't think this is going to change
- soon, so that would create a problem when the next version of LW 4.0 is
- done. Hopefully by then, the buyers of C= will have started and perhaps
- NewTek will change their mind and support the Amiga further since the
- drought of machines has been very painful for NewTek to endure, and is by
- far the #1 reason for seeking alternative platforms. I mean, within the
- DTV niche, I don't think people care whether they use a machine which
- isn't a PC since by virtue of the Toaster, the Amiga already enjoys a
- better reputation in the DTV crowd than others. It's just a matter of
- the HARDWARE being too expensive, and again, hopefully the buyers of C=
- will fix things, perhaps offering A4000s with builtin 040/50s and 060/50s
- which would compete better with 486 and Pentiums.
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- If NewTek changed their mind about 4.0 and the Amiga then I'd be pissed.
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