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- From: heitkamp@ibm.net (Frederick V. Heitkamp)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: Hooray for Amiga Tech.
- Date: 10 Feb 1996 13:09:46 GMT
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- Jason Compton (jcompton@flood.xnet.com) wrote:
- : Ruud Dingemans (rdingem@grafix.xs4all.nl) wrote:
- : : In a message of 04 Feb 96 J. Poag wrote to All:
-
- : : JP> Gilles Boring announces that the new A1300 rumored to be launched this
-
- : But we've all heard the price comparisons to low-end DX4s and Macs, and
- : you have to understand that Joe Public making a buying decision won't
- : care that the 030 is many times faster than the A500, because that's
- : still many times slower than the P90.
-
- It's an unfortunate fact the joe public has been brainwashed by the
- general press to believe that you have to have a 133MHZ Pentium to
- have a usable computer. Some of these computers that have less are
- still quite usable. I am typing this on a 486DX2-66 and it is
- completely adequate for most purposes. One thing that bugs me is
- that I also have a A4000-040/25MHZ and it SHOULD have been as fast
- as my 486, but it isn't because of the memory subsystem design.
-
- BTW I don't see WarpEngines advertised anymore. What happened?
-
- : : Remember this is a Low-End Machine, not a Sparcstation beater!
-
- Exactly!
-
- : : JP> Its 1996, and Amiga Technologies, GmbH is the only computer
- : : JP> manufacturer left on the entire f@*&$!! planet which still insists
- : : JP> on building computers that look like Commodore 64's..
-
- Hey, if some folks like them and are willing to buy them with their
- hard earned $$$, that's OK with me. What's the big deal? If you
- don't like the A1x00, don't buy one.
-
- Fred Heitkamp
-