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- From: ananias@asiapac.net (The Chink)
- 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?
- Date: Wed, 03 Apr 1996 23:36:13 +0730
- Organization: AsiaPac.Net
- Message-ID: <ananias-0304962336140001@tnc199.asiapac.net>
- References: <3134A895.193E@sound.net> <DnJt9y.9A9@news.tcd.ie> <0099FBB0.EDB774F4@netins.net> <1996Mar23.102016.53522@cobra.uni.edu> <0099FE29.C6FFAF18@netins.net> <315a1255.6289762@news.onramp.net>
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- In article <315a1255.6289762@news.onramp.net>, dcorn@paradise.pplnet.com wrote:
-
- > On 26 Mar 1996 05:15:43 GMT, tempest@netins.net wrote:
- >
- > >>So the OS is bigger than Amiga OS...Does more....costs less....Why does the
- > >>Amiga cost soo much? The Amiga has a bloated price....$2800 for an 040
- > >>box..Phulease....
- > >
- > >Your OS doesn't cost less.. Ours is included. We don't have to buy it.
- >
- > I didn't need to purchase Win95 seperately. You -definately- need to
- > purchase both OSs if upgrading, unless you just pirate it. I'm sure
- > no one here does that, so your point is absolutely wrong.
- >
- > >I can get an Amiga 3000 with 060 for $2000. Anyone can.
- >
- > New? Well, if we talk used, I can get a Pentium 120 for half that
- > much. Double the speed, half the price. 4x the performance per
- > dollar.
-
- Yes, well... hardware wise, it's hard to deny that PCs have outstripped
- Amigas and even Macs. BUT there's more to it than just hardware. Amigas
- and Macs are propriatary, whether we like it or not. So the ROM and system
- etc. is integrated. If I have an 8MB RAM Amiga or MAc, chances are, I can
- use 6.5 of that RAM for ACTUAL work, programs etc...
-
- Run Win95 on an 8MB machine and see how much RAM you have left for actual
- work WITHOUT having to use virtual ram on your hard disk.
-
- Also, a FULL system install on Amigas and Macs take up... what... 4 to 5
- MB on your hard disk. How much space does Win95 take, pray tell?
-
- Most PCs NEED Pentiums just to RUN win95. It's ridiculous, the number of
- ads we see saying: "able to run Win95" ... have we forgotten that Win95 is
- just an operating system and not the be-all and end-all of computing?
-
- BUT... let me put it this way... you can stick to your PCs... the rest of
- us are content to march to the beat of a different drummer.
-
- A final word: "better" is always relative...
-