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- From: Jeff Grimmett <jgrimm@sdd.hp.com>
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications,comp.sys.amiga.hardware,comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.tech
- Subject: Re: Why Amiga sucks and why it does't
- Date: 19 Jan 1996 16:09:49 GMT
- Organization: Hewlett-Packard Company
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- kbull@garlic.com (Greg Thomson) wrote:
- >Ok, here is why I think Amigas, includeing my A1200 with a 50 Mhz 030 and
- >16 megs of ram suck:
-
- >2. Graphics cards are too expensive and they are not as fast as their PC
- > counterparts.
-
- You can't speak with authority on this, since all you own is a 1200.
-
- >3. Amigas are expensive
-
- So's buying a new PC every two years.
-
- >4. They are not that easy to upgrade. Try adding a graphics card to an A1200
-
- Try buying a real Amiga. Those cards fit a lot better when you actually
- have slots.
-
- >5. They do not have a PCI bus
-
- That also belongs under advantages.
-
- >6. There is no memory protection
-
- Also belongs under advantages (AND here). Memory protection slows you
- down. Nothing comes for free.
-
- >7. Most games only run in 15 Khz mode because DBLNtsc is slow
-
- This one doesn't belong here. It belongs under "XXX game author sucks."
-
- >8. Amiga games suck compared to the onse in the PC world
-
- Depends on the game, now, doesn't it?
-
- >9. Sound on Amigas is very poor and 16 bit cards are too expensive (14 bit is not that great)
-
- PHHHHTTT! Listen, bub, I'm sitting here with one of those gee-whiz 16
- bit audio cards now (the good ones, with DSPs), and I CANNOT TELL THE
- DIFFERENCE between it and my Amiga's sound quality on the VERY same sound
- samples. And if I blindfolded you and played several of both to you, I
- bet that YOU couldn't either. So GET OFF IT.
-
- >Here is why I think Amigas are good
-
- >1. Good multitasking
- >2. Operating system does not waste resources like memory and processor
- >3. A lot of free software
- >4. Cool graphics programs ( which are now appearing on PC's)
-
- I hate to tell you this, but it really sounds like you're in love with
- another computer. Might be a good idea to sell off the 1200 before you
- become an embittered old man.
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