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- From: kbull@garlic.com (Greg Thomson)
- 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
- Date: 25 Jan 1996 08:39:43 GMT
- Organization: South_Valley_Internet
- Message-ID: <1066.6598T31T2069@garlic.com>
- References: <1044.6595T883T2412@Redrobe.demon.co.uk>
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- >>Greg Thomson (kbull@garlic.com) wrote:
- >>: 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
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- >Aweb is getting there...or use netscape on Shapeshifter if you have the
- >ram...
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- >>Personally, I don't give a damn for good and fast browsers, since my modem
- >>is a huge bottleneck. I prefer using good ole' telnet :). Manually, that is.
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- >>: 2. Graphics cards are too expensive and they are not as fast as their PC
- >>: counterparts.
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- >too expensive, yes....but thats because so few are sold....
- >But the S3 isnt exactly old or slow in PC gfx terms... (its in the CV64)
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- >>: 3. Amigas are expensive
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- >>Yes, they are. But they don't require you buying a completely new setup
- >>every two years as well.
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- >> Maarten D. de Jong |
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- >Mike
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- >Mike Redrobe - Mike@Redrobe.demon.co.uk MikeRR on #Amiga
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