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- From: astroboy@netspace.net.au (Paul Dossett)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: Why Amiga and why it is.
- Date: 29 Feb 1996 04:55:08 GMT
- Organization: NetSpace Online Systems
- Message-ID: <2399.6631T1099T65@netspace.net.au>
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- Kjell Gudim (kjgudim) said:
- >>Explain what makes the Amiga a good choice for somebody who is undecided
- >>between the Amiga and PC - price? No. Software? No. OS? W95 is good
- >>enough for most people.
-
- >>PCs do far more than play Doom. If you still think they suck, you probably
- >>haven't used a new, well-configured PCI system for more than 5 minutes.
-
- >For an Amigauser you brag quite alot about the PC.. :)
-
- Hardly bragging - just pointing out that they no longer suck. I have always
- hated people who claimed their system was the only one on earth worth using,
- and putting other systems down. You would probably notice that I defend the
- Amiga, PC and Mac equally when somebody says something unfair about them, if
- you cared to put aside your prejudices and read.
-
- >What kind of PC do you have?
-
- None. My sister has an old beat-up 286, though (and that *is* shit!).
-
- >/The/ machine would be a PC(preferably a RISC one) running a new operating
- >system based /entirely/ around the AmigaOS, and with a lot of new
- >improvements like built in memory protection and all that.
-
- I would love to see one, but I'm not putting any money down until I'm sure AT
- isn't going to give up completely and dump us. A supported PC is far more
- useful than an orphan Amiga.
-
- >I have both an Amiga (4000) and an PC (Pentium running Win95) and I have to
- >agree that both these have both their positive and negative sides.
-
- That is what I'm trying to tell people. The PC is no longer a dreadful
- system, and the Amiga is losing some of the advantages it once had. We do
- still have a wonderful OS and a great community. Maybe if we all went out
- tomorrow and bought a piece of software, hardware, registered shareware, etc,
- we might just drag the machine out of its hole?
-
- I've bought a good 4 or 5 programs over the last two months, so I'm doing my
- bit. Can't wait for Alien Breed 3D II.
-
- >Can we all be friends now? :)
-
- Well, sure, buddy!
-
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- >| Kjell Gudim | EMail : kjgudim@sn.no | Using Thor v2.22 #1137
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