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- From: dgrant@dgrant.peinet.pe.ca (Dennis Grant)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
- Subject: Re: Amiga Technology is insulting!!
- Date: 19 Mar 1996 13:04:07 GMT
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- Message-ID: <4imbc7$aba@storm.cycor.ca>
- References: <1996Mar9.164206.53264@cobra.uni.edu> <150939@cup.portal.com>
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- In article <150939@cup.portal.com> Harv@cup.portal.com (Harv R Laser) writes:
- > >
- > >When the Amiga 4000/1200s were introduced, Gateway 2000 was still selling
- > >386sx and their mainstream sellers were 386s. Now, don't you think it
- > >would be silly to ask almost $3000 for a new 386 today? That is exactly
- > >what AT/Escom is trying to do...sell 1992 technology in 1996 for 1992
- > >prices.
- >
- > Sigh.. it doesn't matter WHEN it was invented. What matters is
- > what it can do.
- >
- > How long ago were lightbulbs invented? Why don't they sell for 1 cent
- > now?
-
- Because of the massive secret conspiracy against General Electric fostered by
- people who want to keep poor folks in the dark, of course. ;)
-
- >
- > When Amiga Tech has the production capacity that Commodore had and
- > can produce machines in the volume that Commodore did, then the
- > prices will come down.
- >
- > Why is this so damn hard for people to understand?
-
- Harv old man, the incredible pace of computer development these days has
- people spoiled absolutely rotten.
-
- When I entered university, I had a C=64 with the full suite of GEOS tools as
- my daily workstation. (Ever do linear algebra on a C=64 kiddies?) When I left
- 4 years later, I had an A2000, with a 2088 Bridgeboard and (ohmygod!) a hard
- drive, and I was in hog heaven.
-
- These days, I'm up to a 4000/040, and it does everything I ask it to. My only
- complaints about the machine are 1) the shitty case design 2) I wish AGA ran
- a little faster, and 3) I do 3D animation, so (for that, and that only) I
- wish more horsepower was a little cheaper.
-
- People, it's not who has the bigger processor, it's who gets more done.
-
- Think of it this way: Ol' J. Villeneuve has a motor in his F1 car that's a
- third of the size of the one in my T/A, but I ain't racing him for pinks...
-
- --
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- Dennis Grant
- dgrant@cycor.ca
- http://www.cycor.ca/TCave/
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