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- From: gnoel@morgan.ucs.mun.ca (George Noel)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: Hooray for Amiga Tech.
- Date: 10 Feb 1996 15:52:49 GMT
- Organization: Memorial University of Newfoundland
- Sender: gnoel@plato.ucs.mun.ca
- Message-ID: <4fif0h$li7@coranto.ucs.mun.ca>
- References: <rdingem.4c4m@grafix.xs4all.nl>
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- Summary: Computers sold
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- In article <rdingem.4c4m@grafix.xs4all.nl>,
- Ruud Dingemans <rdingem@grafix.xs4all.nl> wrote:
- >In a message of 04 Feb 96 J. Poag wrote to All:
- >
- > JP> Gilles Boring announces that the new A1300 rumored to be launched this
- > JP> March contains a screaming fast, state of the art '030 stuck in an Amiga
- > JP> 1200 case.
- >
- >Which still is two to three times faster than what past and current
- >A1200 users have to do with, which in its turn is two to four times
- >faster than A500 performance.
-
- Which is good for current Amiga owners.
-
- >The usability of a computer depends not on its comparison to other
- >CPU's, but on what can be done with it. And even an '020 is plenty
- >for some simple wordprocessing, some Netting and some games, which is
- >what most people (according to multiple user inquiries) use a computer
- >for.
-
- Which could attract new users.
-
- >JP> Its 1996, and Amiga Technologies, GmbH is the only computer
- >JP> manufacturer left on the entire f@*&$!! planet which still insists
- >JP> on building computers that look like Commodore 64's..
- >
- >The same computer that outsold every other one on the planet with
- >more than ten million units sold. Good example.
-
- Actually more then 25 million and has yet to be beat with that many
- computers sold under one brand name by one company is so little time since!
-
- -=*George*=-
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