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- From: bmontgom@morgan.ucs.mun.ca (Byron Montgomerie)
- Newsgroups: aus.computers.amiga,comp.sys.amiga.emulations,comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: There is *NO* Amiga....STOP IT NOW
- Followup-To: aus.computers.amiga,comp.sys.amiga.emulations,comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Date: 17 Mar 1996 22:05:24 GMT
- Organization: Memorial University of Newfoundland
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- Eyal Teler (teler@pita.cs.huji.ac.il) wrote:
- : In article <4i6tma$t1i@coranto.ucs.mun.ca>, bmontgom@morgan.ucs.mun.ca (Byron Montgomerie) writes:
- : |> I would despute that idea that PCs cost the same, PCs are about half as
- : |> expensive as AT a1200s. Unless they are selling a1200s with monitors, 8 megs
- : |> of fast ram, and hard drives, not to mention external keyboards, real cases,
- : |> etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc...
-
- : Yeah, right, and when will PCs come in real cases like the A1200, with a built
- : in keyboard, and the ability to carry them anywhere, and connect them to any TV?
- : Not to mention that 8megs is the minimum that a PC OS needs to run at a decent
- : speed.
-
- Check ram prices lately? :) The ability to use a tv is great for
- presentations but how many people need to make their own presentations? The
- idea that the a1200 case is a real case is silly. :)
-
- > The idea that you can bridgeboard or emulate PCs to achieve success with the
- > amiga has been tried before, other than an even smaller niche market than the
- > amiga has is it been successful. It is basically saying the machine you bought
- > is not as good as a PC therefore you have to emulate it in slow motion or pay
- > double for a PC on a card.
-
- : Take OS/2, for example. While it certainly isn't as popular as Windows, do you
- : think anyone would have bought it without Windows support? Certainly it would
- : have been even less successful (I, for one, wouldn't have bought it).
-
- True enough but that has nothing to do with the topic at hand. :)
-
- : The whole idea is getting something which is natively better, yet supports
- : other programs. Certainly not all people will jump on the offer, but those who
- : are willing to try it out will be able to do so knowing that they won't lose
- : the support they wanted.
-
- Who is going to see an amiga as better when it emulates a PC so poorly or at
- a large cost?
-
- Regards,
-
- BM
-
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