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- From: mart4372@mach1.wlu.ca (Reg Martin)
- Subject: Re: New Press Release!
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- Date: Sat, 9 Mar 1996 18:41:08 GMT
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- Matthew Hunter (mhunter@shadow.res.cmu.edu) wrote:
- : On Fri, 8 Mar 1996 15:59:37 GMT, Reg Martin (mart4372@mach1.wlu.ca) wrote:
- : > Or from anybody who actually uses their Amiga enough to get frustrated
- : > with its extremely slow processor! How can you possibly use an 030
- : > based Amiga and NOT notice its sluggishness?
- :
- : Interesting comment.
- : I use an A4000/030/18/CyberVision, and to be perfectly honest I
- : notice the CPU speed (or lack thereof) ONLY when working on 16/24bit
- : graphical applications (such an ImageFX or Photogenics) which need to
- : apply complex algorithms to very large amounts of data. Even MUI runs
- : acceptably fast -- faster than the GUI of a 100mhz 486 running Win95
- : does.
- :
- : Yes, the 030 is slow, but when you use an Amiga you don't have to
- : deal with that sluggishness in general applications.
-
- That's the exact same system that I have, and I feel the slowness
- of the 030 in just about everything. (Okay, for typing up this
- message it isn't too bad) ;) The CyberVision makes a huge
- difference in graphics updates, but there is simply no way around
- the fact that an 030 is butt-slow.
-
- Reg Martin
-