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- From: c948374@hald.gbar.dtu.dk (Rask Ingemann Lambertsen)
- 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: 8 Apr 1996 16:04:08 GMT
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- On Mon, 01 Apr 1996 00:51:39 GMT David Corn (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.
-
- You can easily pirate Winslows 95, but you can't easily pirate Amiga OS
- because of the Kickstart ROM.
-
- > >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.
-
- A Pentium 120 doesn't have twice the performance of an 060.
- Get some facts and rerun your calculation. And try avoiding
- division :-)
-
- Just to show your ignorance, David: You can't get a new A3000 with 060
- because the A3000 has been out of production for a long time and was
- never produced with an 060 in it.
-
- --
- Regards,
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