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- From: lolsen@hsr.no (Lasse Olsen)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy,comp.sys.amiga.hardware,comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.games,comp.sys.amiga.graphics
- Subject: Re: Why are europeans dumb enough to buy amigas?
- Followup-To: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy,comp.sys.amiga.hardware,comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.games,comp.sys.amiga.graphics
- Date: 29 Mar 1996 19:09:22 GMT
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- Karl Thomas (kathomas@nyx10.cs.du.edu) wrote:
- : kcci1@central.susx.ac.uk (Alan L.M. Buxey) writes:
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- : >not everyone is buying those systems for a start.....the user base is
- : >still 486's in the main. And quake isnt even out, so stop trying to use
- : >it as an argument. Fact is, game for game, the Amiga actually NEEDS less
- : >resources to do the same job.
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- : You don't have anything to compare high-end Mac and PC's to. There aren't
- : any Amiga games with the resolution and fps of Descent on a P-Mac. There
- : aren't any games that have 640x480 non-interlaced 8-bit and 16-bit color
- : graphics with 16-bit stereo active panning sound on the Amiga.
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- What can I say..... Gosh? <G>
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- : >and so what about LOADS of software? most of it will be pack-in crap
- : >that you'll never run more than once. and the modem will be an outdated
- : >14.4 that probably succeeds more 12000 connections than 14400.
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- : I run ClarisWorks all the time. It's fast, has all the features that most
- : people ever need and takes up only 3 Megs of hard drive space (application,
- : spell checker, thesaurus, converters, and communication tools) and runs
- : well in less than 2 Megs of free ram.
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- I have an Amiga. I used to run ClarisWorks too.
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- : >: get a dx/2-66 with all of the hardware you named for less than $1300 and
- : >: you would have a much faster system. Just look in Computer Shopper
- : >: sometimes.
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- : >faster CPU, not faster system.
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- : Hmm, the graphics are faster, the calculations are faster, and the
- : hardware is faster. Run some graphic apps on the Amiga and see which one
- : is faster.
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- <G> Why is this still a subject in here?
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- : >: A dx/2-66 doesn't creep along at all. But if a dx/2-66 creeps, an Amiga
- : >: must run backwards.
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- : >it runs back whilst going forwards.....multitasking you know ;)
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- : That describes the Amiga perfectly - staying in one place for the past
- : four years.
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- I think you're refering to Windows actually.
- Cheers...
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