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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: 17 Mar 1996 15:59:35 GMT
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- In article <3146FB93.523C@nwinternet.com> "Shane R. Monroe" <darkuni@nwinternet.com> writes:
- >
- > Alright, I will add my 2 cents worth on this topic as a long term Amiga
- > fanatic that now owns a PC as well.
- >
- > Here is my opinion for whatever it is worth.
- >
- > The Amiga
- >
- > PROS: The best damn OS every created (3.1). The ONLY machine that
- >
- <Huge amounts of review..>
-
- > CONS: Incredibly crappy marketing, users who WON'T UPGRADE THEIR DAMN
- > CDROM to be a STANDARD on the Amiga for about 6 years is killing the
- > hell out of the machine. Take note. I told this to Petro last July in
- > Pensylvannia, and I see nothing has changed.
-
- Take another look at the press release on www.amiga.de ...
- the new Amiga has CD-Rom drive, I seem to remember...
-
- >
- > The PC (Pentium based, 16 MB, 1 GIG, 1MB graphic card, SB 16 or better)
- >
- > PROS: Damn but it plays a good game of Duke Nuke Em 3d!
-
- Wait for AB3D II! :-)
-
- > The CONS: Jeezus, can't you people EVER figure out how to make an OS???
- > etc. etc. etc. etc.
- >
- > BOTTOM LINE: The PC isn't as bad as it was about 3 years ago and if
-
- > And more....
-
- > 'Nuff said....
-
- Nice resume, and I agree with most of what you say...
- However, you did miss out the tiny niggling titchy little feature that the
- PC costs 3 times as much!
- ú400 for an A1200 with very good software (+~ú120 for a reasonable HD)
-
- against...
-
- ú1100 for that pentium setup? roughly?
-
- Sorry, but even Duke Nukem 3D isn't worth ú600! :-)
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