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- Subject: Re: There is *NO* Amiga....STOP IT NOW
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- From: teler@mangal.cs.huji.ac.il (Eyal Teler)
- Date: 24 Mar 1996 19:32:25 GMT
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- In article <4ii2b4$8fi@coranto.ucs.mun.ca>, bmontgom@morgan.ucs.mun.ca (Byron Montgomerie) writes:
- |> Who is going to see an amiga as better when it emulates a PC so poorly or at
- |> a large cost?
-
- Someone who is not interested in it for the PC side. Take my OS/2 example:
- I bought OS/2 because it had features Windows didn't have. But it was also
- able to run Windows and DOS programs (even if not with 100% compatibility,
- and not as quickly as the real thing), which enabled me to make it the
- native OS. And I bought it even though it cost me quite a lot in addition
- to the DOS/Windows combination I got with my PC (most of the cost was a
- memory expansion).
-
- If an Amiga comes with a decent PC emulation, even if not a perfect one,
- this should make it more attractive to people who want something other
- than Micro$oft gives them, but don't want to live that other world
- completely behind.
-
- BTW, are you a Windows user?
-
- Eyal
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