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- From: kbull@garlic.com (Greg Thomson)
- 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: 20 Jan 1996 08:20:59 GMT
- Organization: South_Valley_Internet
- Message-ID: <2426.6592T1434T2570@garlic.com>
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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
-
- >thats why the future is there - so they CAN be developed.
-
- >: 2. Graphics cards are too expensive and they are not as fast as their PC
- >: counterparts.
-
- >The CyberVision 64-bit S3 h/w is exactly the same as for PCs...
-
- >: 3. Amigas are expensive
-
- >so? so are pentiums etc..
-
- >: 4. They are not that easy to upgrade. Try adding a graphics card to an
- >: A1200
-
- >They are very easy to upgrade - depends what type you have....ever tried
- >adding a gfx card or HD control card to a PC notepad ? ;)
-
- >: 5. They do not have a PCI bus
-
- >so? Zorro-III is better at certain things, and not all PCI things are
- >wonderful.
-
- >(PCI will soon be outdated anyway...)
-
- >: 6. There is no memory protection
-
- >Most Amigas are not used in circumstances where this is neccesary.
-
- >: 7. Most games only run in 15 Khz mode because DBLNtsc is slow
-
- >not at all - because they are c00/_ |>oo|>Z, thats why - hardware
- >hitting tends to require 15KHz basic mode.
-
- >: 8. Amiga games suck compared to the onse in the PC world
-
- >- depoends what you are going for...if you want 3D texture mapped games,
- >then gloom deluxe and breathless are just as good as their PC
- >counterparts and vertically scrolling shottemups dont seem to exist on
- >the PC at all!! (there is also a lack of platform games.... 8-)
-
- >: 9. Sound on Amigas is very poor and 16 bit cards are too expensive (14 bit
- >: is not that great)
-
- >purely subjective - compare 2 games side by side - the sound isnt poor,
- >its stereo at over 20 KHz and can be (depending on the coders) 8 channel
- >12-bit etc...
-
- >: Total (withought a monitor and a modem): $1627 plus tax
-
- >what was the point of this?? If i bought a computer just because of
- >price then 1) i would be stupid, and 2) i would most likely still have
- >an Amiga A500 (as that was bloody cheap in the old days!)
-
- >seems like your post was nothing put a regurgitation of all posts made
- >by PC fanatics within the Amiga groups...
-
- >alan
-
-
- >--
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- >carried on M.S.N.!
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- >{D:'1T<#HO+W=W=RYS=7-S97@N86,N=6LO57-E<G,O:V-C:3$*}{ end}Replies Appreciated
- >:)
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