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- Path: grafix.xs4all.nl!rdingem
- Date: Thu, 11 Apr 96 00:18:48 GMT+1
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
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- Subject: Re: Amiga 200 Out of Mothballs
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- From: rdingem@grafix.xs4all.nl (Ruud Dingemans)
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- In a message of 09 Apr 96 James Grubic wrote to All:
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- JG> If her Amiga 2000 is the bare bones, that is, has no graphics card and
- JG> no 68030 accelerator, you may be better off scrapping it. I love the
- JG> Amiga and its operating system, but unfortunately being "productive"
- JG> with it requires tons of CASH. The current cost/performance ratios do
- JG> not benefit new users, users on a budget, and existing Amiga users with
- JG> old machines.
-
- JG> I regularly troubleshoot and configure Macintosh computers for my 9 to
- JG> 5 routine, and the Mac is definitely the best bet for those on a budget.
-
- Depends. If you're doing video work, it may not be.
- You can indeed pick up a nice little Mac for little cash these days.
- (Leave the Pluses, Classics and SE's alone though... An '020 LC
- can already be had for about $ 100 with HD if you're lucky).
-
- If your old Amiga only has a 68000 cpu, this might indeed be the
- better buy. If it does have a 32-bit cpu (68020 and up) and at least 4
- Megs of FastRAM, the Amiga with Shapeshifter could be the better
- choice (more OS's, more programs available on one machine).
-
- Regards, Ruud
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