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- From: dcorn@metronet.com (David Corn)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
- Subject: Re: Amiga Advantages
- Date: Thu, 25 Jan 1996 16:50:53 -0500
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- References: <60111185441$6FC8@pointless.gen.nz> <4d4aa9$ajl@dole.uninett.no> <1996Jan17.192257.24583@njitgw.njit.edu> <dcorn-2301961653180001@dal227.metronet.com> <4e5mi1$ab5@fbi-news.Informatik.Uni-Dortmund.DE>
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- In article <4e5mi1$ab5@fbi-news.Informatik.Uni-Dortmund.DE>,
- wahlmann@euler.informatik.uni-dortmund.de (Juergen Wahlmann (pg262))
- wrote:
-
- >In article <dcorn-2301961653180001@dal227.metronet.com>,
- dcorn@metronet.com (David Corn) writes:
- >|> In article <1996Jan17.192257.24583@njitgw.njit.edu>, daniel lees cis stnt
- >|> <dxl2268> wrote:
- >|>
- >|> >I think FW can stand on its own pretty well against Word.
- >|> >
- >|> >Performance wise, its amazing, FW runs quickly and efficiently on an Amiga
- >|> >1200, wheres Word needs a pentium to run at a truly desirable speed.
- >|> >
- >|> >Pagestream vs. Microsoft Publisher? Hmmm...
- >|> >
- >|> >Besides, if we wanted to run any REAL DTP apps, just slap on an Emplant and
- >|> >pull over the Mac software, they've got the best stuff.
- >|>
- >|> Well, since you admit the Amiga has poor apps, why not get a PowerMac in
- >|> the first place? Cheap, fast, easy to use, and supported by an ongoing
- >|> concern - Apple - in America. Cool stuff.
- >
- >Easy.
- >
- >It doesn't have PMT, it uses more RAM and HD space, and I like the
- Unix-like way
- >of AmigaOS together wich it's smoothness. Got it?
- >
- >For the apps: use the MacEmu.
-
- That's a crucial difference - most people buy machines BECAUSE of the
- apps, not because of the OS.
-