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- From: astroboy@netspace.net.au (Paul Dossett)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
- Subject: Re: Why Amiga sucks and why it does't
- Date: 28 Jan 1996 11:14:19 GMT
- Organization: NetSpace Online Systems
- Message-ID: <4477.6599T831T2624@netspace.net.au>
- References: <2706.6597T1287T896@freeway.net>
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-
- >>Greg Thomson posted the following:
- >>: Ok, here is why I think Amigas, includeing my A1200 with a 50 Mhz 030 and
- >>: 16 megs of ram suck:
-
- >>: 1. Good and fast browsers do not exist
-
- > So what? Good and fast Operating Systems do not exists for PC's!
-
- This is an important criticism actually. ALynx is the only thing we have, and
- that looks pretty bad compared to Netscape.
-
- >>: 2. Graphics cards are too expensive and they are not as fast as their PC
- >>: counterparts.
-
- > That will change now.
-
- How so? We certainly won't have the choice and prices that PC owners enjoy.
-
- >>: 3. Amigas are expensive
-
- > And so is all the hardware you need to run shit on a PC!
-
- Really? Then explain how the price of a 1200 with HD could buy you a Pentium
- 75 with monitor, 8Mb RAM, soundcard, etc?
-
- >>: 4. They are not that easy to upgrade. Try adding a graphics card to an
- >>: A1200
-
- > What do you expect? if you plan on putting cards in a computer,
- get one with slots! DUH! Besides, ever try to put a card in a PC? And have
- it work?
-
- I don't know any PC owners who have ever needed to!
-
- >>: 5. They do not have a PCI bus
-
- > PCI is not a good as ZORRO-III (first and best!), and another - we
- > will!
-
- That's nice and logical.. 1) PCI kicks Zorro-III's arse and 2) if PCI is
- inferior, why do you count having it as a plus?
-
- Face it, PCI is a much faster and compatible bus system that Zorro-III.
-
- >>: 6. There is no memory protection
-
- > There is none with windows! Great thing about Amiga, all programs
- > can
- >communicate with each other.
-
- Excuse me? What a load of shit you speak... even W3.1 had memory protection.
-
- >>: 7. Most games only run in 15 Khz mode because DBLNtsc is slow
-
- > Most games run in 15khz mode cuz the programmers suck.
-
- Most games run in 15khz because that's all the market can support with all the
- UK owners with TV sets rather than decent monitors.
-
- Double-scanned screens are far slower than the equivilent PC modes.
-
- >>: 8. Amiga games suck compared to the ones in the PC world
-
- > If having games that don't take all the system resources suck, then I
- >guess they do. C= fucked a lot up for Amiga, and losing ground causing
- >delvelopers not to use Amiga's was one way. Used to be screenshots and demos
- >of games where done with Amiga because it worked better, soon, once again
- >Amiga will be the best.
-
- Alien Breed 3D is an example of how good Amiga games could be, if we all
- pulled our fingers out and expanded our tossy basic 1200s. Games are supposed
- to use all the resources, that's the point of playing an amazing game, it
- pushes your system to the full. Most games presently don't even run on a
- standard 4000/040!
-
- >>: 9. Sound on Amigas is very poor and 16 bit cards are too expensive (14 bit
- >>: is not that great)
-
- > Amiga sound is not poor, for some reason I have never heard A PC with
- > a
- >16 bit soundcard play any sounds better than the Amiga.
-
- I have heard a Turtle Beach (or whatever) card playing very nice FM music, but
- yes, the Amiga sound is better for games. The good 16-bit PC cards (not
- SoundBlasters) are far higher in quality.
-
- > If price is your only descent argument I suppose you drive a fiesta
- > that
- >you think will blow the doors off of my built 350 powered,4.11 geared stoked
- >transmission vehicle?
-
- I notice you don't mention which Amiga you use... :)
-
- AmigaDOS is rapidly becoming outdated, lacking VM, memory protection, RTG,
- networking, etc etc etc..
-
- >**********************************************************************
- >* Amiga - You owe a lot to it, whether you use one or not! The first *
- >* and still the best personal computer multitasking operating system *
- >* available. By which all others are measured! *
- >* Windoze95 = Amiga '85 *
- >* 0S/2 = Amiga0S/4 *
- >* (Wanna)Be 0S = WannaBe Amiga *
- >**********************************************************************
- >* Coming Soon: Amiga PPC !!! *
- >* The All powerful 0S gets the All powerful CPU !!! *
- >********************--=:) jrstrai@freeway.net (:=--*******************
-
- Why does the Amiga have the most rabidly misguided users?
-
- Paul Dossett Amiga 2000/040 17Mb RAM, 350Mb HD, ZIP
- astroboy@netspace.net.au Amiga CD32
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