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- From: Mark <mark@sliver.demon.co.uk>
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- Subject: Re: Is MUI processor intensive?
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- Date: Sun, 4 Feb 96 08:37:47 GMT
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- Joseph Waldvogel (joewald@crl.com) wrote:
- : Ok, 28Mzh against 14 Mzh, that's not no 4x Faster, that's only
- : 2x faster, Not noticalble. Then you have to consider the 16-bit
- : A600 to the 32-bit A1200 system. The A600 should just be tossed
- : out! Why throw good money away just to add a 28Mzh 020 processor?
- : That may make it 4x faster then a Stock A600 when you add the
- : FastRam, but come on, my 030/50Mzh Card is TO SLOW in my A1200,
- : but at least with the A1200 I can always go 060 and probley
- : PowerPC, besides the fact of AGA over that ESC system.
-
- You don't come across as your run-of-the-mill Amiga owner.
- PC owners, yeah, they compare processor speed and memory size.
- Amiga owners have typically prided themselves on how much they
- can do in a 2meg floppy based system.
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- Yes, I admit we must move on. And yes, the Amiga should come
- with a hard drive as standard, but to adopt a PC owners attitude
- is dropping a bit low.
-