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- From: psvadmi@dds.hacktic.nl (Peter Hoekstra)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: I will NEVER buy Windows 95 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :-(
- Date: 19 Jan 1996 12:46:16 GMT
- Organization: Stichting Hacktic Netwerk, Amsterdam
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- In a previous article, christopher.estep@idsonline.com (Christopher L. Estep) says:
-
- >Amigas have ALSO shown a disturbing propensity to crash due to "causes
- >unknown".
-
- Ha, and Win95 also did with me. And not just once, but a lot more!
- And when Win doesn't know what the problem is, it just pops up: out of
- memory! Great help, when you got 40mb!
- Win95 is a good improvement over Win3.11, but I am a lot more happy
- when using my A1200 with AmigaDos 3.0
-
- >Same old IBM crap? I have OWNED (as opposed to using corporate or
- >government) both a 386SX-16 and a 386DX-40. Between them, I have owned five
- >modems, two sound cards, two CD-ROM drives, three video cards, three hard
- >drives, and two different sizes of SIMMs. (The SX-16, which I originally
- >bought new in 1989, was upgraded to my current DX-40 motherboard and
- >minitower case in 1993.) In all that time (seven years) I have had TWO
- >components fail: one CD-ROM drive and one video card; and both failed after
- >two years of hard use by me. (In fact, the CD-ROM drive had been BOUGHT
- >used!) Every previous modem that I have owned is still in use today (a 2400
- >and three different V.32bis faxmodems; the V.FC external modem I have now I
- >bought used in March of 1995). The original 4 1 MB 1x9 70 ns SIMMs that
- >came with my 386DX-40 motherboard are still installed and still in use (in
- >fact, they have been joined by four 1x3 70 ns SIMMs which I installed in June
- >of 1995).
-
- Oh dear, what a lot of extras you had to buy before your peecee finally was
- running. 3gfx cards?! for the same peecee, or one for each?!
- I didn't have to buy a single gfx card in my life, not a single soundcard
- in my life. I just upgraded from A500 to A1200 about two years ago!
- No problems with, first DOs, then Win 3.11 and now Win95 and tomorrow
- Win96 (It's 1996 ya know....). Don't you see, that your money is going
- into some Black Hole?!
-
- >When an IBM fails, there usually is a known (or at least knowable) cause for
- >the failure, when an Amiga fails, the cause can even be a mystery to Tech
- >Support.
-
- My Amiga seldom gave me a guru or crashed. The last one I remember is at
- least 3-4 months ago, when I installed a new MagicWB Icon and forgot to
- change the STACK. Have you every seriously worked with an Amiga?!
- I have with Win95! Daily routine here at work! Impressed by it?!
- *WOEHAAAAAAAAA!* NOT!
-
- >However, there is Windows NT Workstation, which runs most Windows 95 programs
- >(even most Windows 95 GAMES) and which runs MUCH faster on the PentiumPro
- >than the standard Pentium. Also, what is it about System 7.5, that requires
- >MORE RAM on a PowerMac than on a STANDARD Mac? In addition: WHERE IS THE
- >AMIGA TODAY?
- >
- I know at least one Amiga, that's on MY desk at home! And I *LOVE* it!
- I would NEVER, EVER trade it for a Win95/486/pentium shitbox! My Amiga
- is MUCH slower (in terms of MHZ, MIPS, Horsepower) than a 486 or a
- Pentium box, but still it feels more flexible to use. Even when the HD
- is being accessed, it feels flexible.
-
- I can play a module, format a floppy, load from HD, unpach 5 jpeg piccies
- all at the same time. It's 100% cpu load, but (thanks to executive) when
- I start opening directory-windows or doing something, I feel that my
- machine is almost doing nothing!
-
- With windoze95?!.....Ever seen turtles & snails?! That feeling I get
- from a 486/pentium (12mb) that is running win3.11 or win95 and
- multitasking some heavy processes!
-
- Too bad for you, but you can't convince me with all of the above. And
- remeber, I am using 3 year old technology!
-
- Harold.
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