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- From: tw116@cus.cam.ac.uk (T. Wright)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
- Subject: Re: Amiga Technology is insulting!!
- Date: 14 Mar 1996 14:21:00 GMT
- Organization: University of Cambridge, England
- Message-ID: <4i9a0c$mld@lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk>
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- On Sun, 10 Mar 1996, Marc N. Barrett wrote:
- > BTW, how much is a complete "Tower A1200" system, including a Zorro III
- > graphics card? It's easily possible to put together a complete PCI
- > PowerMac system, including a VERY VERY fast graphics card, 16-bit stereo
- > full-duplex sound, a 75Mhz PowerPC 601 CPU, 8M of RAM, a quad-speed CD-ROM
- > drive, ethernet, and a 500M SCSI hard drive, for well under $2000.
-
- Of course, you would rather sell the useless CD drive on a Mac to get the
- rather necessary extra 8M RAM.
-
- Out of interest, how do you tell if you have a fast/very fast/any graphics
- card in a Mac. I usually have to disable Word's Toolbar, even on the
- Computer Centre's PowerMacs. Unless, of course, you actually like seeing
- the Mac redrawing the icons one by one! Even the ribbon/ruler push my
- patience, but I need these so I have to suffer. This might be the fault
- of the Mac insisting on redrawing the icons and windows from scratch
- every time, rather than remebering the contents - guess I've been spoilt
- by my Amiga for too long!
-
- Trevor
-