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- From: marc_albrecht@act.ohz.north.de (Marc J. Albrecht)
- Subject: Re: Amiga 1200 Internet bundle
- Date: 27 Jan 1996 12:46:16 +0000
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- Allan Purtle (snapper@mgl.ca) wrote:
- > Well, the big deal has to do with performance, robustness and credibility.
-
- Sorry for skipping the rest of your article. I do underline what you said
- and just try to put it in simpler words:
-
- MUI is - for a NORMAL Amiga system - much too slow, needs too many
- resources and does NOT suit everyone's taste. You CAN do the same with the
- original software (gadtools) and just have to put a few more minutes into
- development. So - again I am saying the same as you AFAIK - you can
- concentrate on porting/writing GOOD software and don't have to concentrate
- on doing weired graphical stuff that nearly 50% of all Amiga users simply
- don't want (talking of MUI again).
-
- It's that simple: MUI is a GOOD system (just like Windows for a DOS PC is a
- real improvement) and gives you nearly the same disadvantages. It slows
- down ALL of your applications, it comes with a childish look and so on.
- MANY people LOVE it. Many don't.
-
- So in my eyes it is NOT understandable that AT will release software that
- requires Amiga-Windows-Clones like MUI. Don't bother me with mails a'la
- "MUI is nothing like Windows" - I know it is not. But it is the same line
- of history: putting some weired GUI to a system, making developers use it
- and REALLY wasting lots of computing power - and MANPOWER for that.
-
- If you have an 68060 or similar you can play around with MUI very nice. If
- you don't... get yourself LOTS of coffee.
-
- DON'T bother me with answers like "MUI is much faster in V3.xxx". It simply
- isn't.
-
- Go ahead - have a look on applications with MUI on a plain Amiga 1200 as it
- will be shiped as InterNet Bundle by AT. It ISN'T USABEL AT ALL for someone
- who works with Amiga from the very beginning. It is damned slow. Besides:
- putting a 14400 Modem to the bundle is a real joke in my eyes. Especially
- here in Germany where phone costs are incredably high this bundle is a
- pain!
-
- Marc
-