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- From: ttammi@spider.compart.fi (Tiitus Tamminen)
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- Subject: Re: Why are europeans dumb enough to buy amigas?
- Date: Tue, 19 Mar 1996 22:48:49 -0500
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- Jonathan Belson <jon@dookie.demon.co.uk> wrote:
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- ->My comparison was based on seeing TFX II running at about 5 frames per
- ->second on a P6 at my local PC World.
-
- And how fast did that game run on a PSX? Anyways, TFX II is probably not
- a Windows NT or Linux game, so it would probably have run somewhat
- faster on a fast Pentium. Beats me why they demoed it on a P6.
-
- ->I suppose it comes down to bad marketing - it was so far ahead when it
- ->was released but the advantage was lost. The PC isn't sold on merit,
- ->people buy what they are told to buy...
-
- Wrong. People buy machines and OSes where the software is.
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