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- From: kyhui@acs5.acs.ucalgary.ca (Kwok Yin Hui)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: Upgrade my Amiga or buy a Pentium?
- Date: 29 Feb 1996 19:49:03 GMT
- Organization: The University of Calgary
- Message-ID: <4h4vvf$r2g@ds2.acs.ucalgary.ca>
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- mips (mips@eastcoast.co.za) wrote:
-
- : I have got a bit of a problem. I currently own a Bare A1200 with 170HD
- : and a 5╝ inch drive + Philips MK-II monitor. I want to know if its
- : worth upgrading my current system by adding a Blizzard IV 50Mhz + 4megs
- : RAM? Or there is the other alternative, buy a Pentium 75 with 1 gig SCSI HD,
- : 8megs RAM, S3 Video card and the rest of the of the stuff those PC guys
- : drool about.
-
- I've also been considering getting a Pentium, mainly because of the
- market of programs and support for IBM, but I'd still like to wait to see
- what Escom has to offer.
-
- I would think if you were not in a rush to upgrade then you should wait
- to see what new lines of Amigas and hardware will come out before
- deciding on a Pentium.
-
- KYH.
-