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- From: kcci1@central.susx.ac.uk (Alan L.M. Buxey)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications,comp.sys.amiga.hardware,comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.tech
- Subject: Re: Why Amiga sucks and why it does't
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- Date: 19 Jan 1996 15:12:09 GMT
- Organization: Institute Of Studies For Advanced Amiga Usage
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- Greg Thomson posted the following:
- : Ok, here is why I think Amigas, includeing my A1200 with a 50 Mhz 030 and
- : 16 megs of ram suck:
-
- : 1. Good and fast browsers do not exist
-
- thats why the future is there - so they CAN be developed.
-
- : 2. Graphics cards are too expensive and they are not as fast as their PC
- : counterparts.
-
- The CyberVision 64-bit S3 h/w is exactly the same as for PCs...
-
- : 3. Amigas are expensive
-
- so? so are pentiums etc..
-
- : 4. They are not that easy to upgrade. Try adding a graphics card to an A1200
-
- They are very easy to upgrade - depends what type you have....ever tried
- adding a gfx card or HD control card to a PC notepad ? ;)
-
- : 5. They do not have a PCI bus
-
- so? Zorro-III is better at certain things, and not all PCI things are
- wonderful.
-
- (PCI will soon be outdated anyway...)
-
- : 6. There is no memory protection
-
- Most Amigas are not used in circumstances where this is neccesary.
-
- : 7. Most games only run in 15 Khz mode because DBLNtsc is slow
-
- not at all - because they are c00/_ |>oo|>Z, thats why - hardware
- hitting tends to require 15KHz basic mode.
-
- : 8. Amiga games suck compared to the onse in the PC world
-
- - depoends what you are going for...if you want 3D texture mapped games,
- then gloom deluxe and breathless are just as good as their PC
- counterparts and vertically scrolling shottemups dont seem to exist on
- the PC at all!! (there is also a lack of platform games.... 8-)
-
- : 9. Sound on Amigas is very poor and 16 bit cards are too expensive (14 bit
- : is not that great)
-
- purely subjective - compare 2 games side by side - the sound isnt poor,
- its stereo at over 20 KHz and can be (depending on the coders) 8 channel
- 12-bit etc...
-
- : Total (withought a monitor and a modem): $1627 plus tax
-
- what was the point of this?? If i bought a computer just because of
- price then 1) i would be stupid, and 2) i would most likely still have
- an Amiga A500 (as that was bloody cheap in the old days!)
-
- seems like your post was nothing put a regurgitation of all posts made
- by PC fanatics within the Amiga groups...
-
- alan
-
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