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- From: img4@aber.ac.uk (Ian Gledhill)
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- Subject: Re: Why are europeans dumb enough to buy amigas?
- Date: 16 Mar 1996 10:27:52 GMT
- Organization: U.C.W.
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- In article <1996Mar15.131734@cantva> misc335@csc.canterbury.ac.nz writes:
- > Yep - 6 months down the track with a PC, you don't need to buy a new one, you
- > just upgrade it, and unlike a console, your existing software purchases will
- > still work with the new one. While I'm an Amiga user, I do like being able to
- > double the power of my PC each year for roughly the same, small, amount. This
- > is difficult to do with a Mac or Amiga, and impossible with a console (though
- > the 3do might prove an exception...)
-
- Difference being that with a PC you NEED to plough loads more money in just to
- keep it compatible.
-
- People are still using almost 10year old Amigas... how many people are still
- using an EGA 286?
-
- It's good to be ABLE to expand, but you shouldn't HAVE to.
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