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- From: finnh@ak.planet.gen.nz (finn)
- Subject: Re: Why are europeans dumb enough to buy amigas?
- Message-ID: <3559.6718T842T2853@ak.planet.gen.nz>
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- References: <4imljc$7p3@daily-planet.nodak.edu> <1961.6716T777T2346@higgins.ak.planet.gen.nz> <1996Mar21.234934.53501@cobra.uni.edu>
- Date: Mon, 25 Mar 1996 00:18:59 GMT
-
- >In article <1961.6716T777T2346@higgins.ak.planet.gen.nz>,
- >finn@higgins.ak.planet.gen.nz (finn) writes:
- >>>tempest@netins.net wrote:
- >>
- >>>: machine is a much more serious machine. He is like so many other lame
- >>>: ibm/mac users.. they think Amiga 500 when they think AMiga.. they have no
- >>>: clue to how good an Amiga really is. They don't understand that Amiga
- >>>: 3000/4000 with fast processor, graphics card etc.. blows away ibm/mac
- >>>: crap.
- >>
- >>> When I think of Amigas I think new 040 an 060 A4000s. And you know
- >>>what? The hardware still sucks compared to Mac. :-)
- >>
- >> When I think fo macs, I think of PPC machine, and guess what? The OS still
- >> sucks, even after the shameless borrowing from the Amiga OS..
-
- >Shameless borrowing, whats that? Isn't AT going to borrow the Mac emulator
- >tech.? When I think of the Amiga when I had one, the Apps were horrible
- >except for the games at the time..
-
- Where do you think Apple got Applescript then?
-
- When was that? 1987? Apps have coma a long way scince then, I mean, look at
- lightwave, one of the best rendering systems _on_ _any_ _machine_, and that
- was only v3.5, 4.0 is out now. Why do you say "at the time" about the games?
- Flash graphics don't make a game any better..
-
- >>
- >>>: Not to mention we
- >>>: can run his lame mac software on our machines if we choose..
- >>
- >>> At a fraction of the speed of Mac/PCs costing much less.
- >> Yeah, but can you run an Amiga on your mac?
-
- >Yea, you can..The Amiga emulator for the PowerMac..
- I stand corrected.
-
- But still, I can run an '030 based Mac on my '030 based amiga, can you run a
- PPC based Amiga on your PPC based mac?
-
- >>
- >>>: I think this fact
- >>>: is what really gets him going in these areas.. he spent all that money on
- >>>: a mac and we can run his software at the same speed on our Amigas, with
- >>>: less crashes than him I bet :) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- >>
- >>> Sheesh! Get a clue--even low-end PowerMacs are faster than 060 Amigas.
- >>>(Disclaimer for the mentally challenged: By PowerMacs I mean currently
- >>>shipping models, even though even the slowest PowerMac ever built is
- >>>still probably as fast/faster than the fastest Amiga model.)
- >>
- >> just wait for 1997... Plus, not all macs are powermacs
-
- >Wait for what? Overpriced and underpowered PowerAmigas with hardly any
- >native apps...
-
- Ever heard of recompiling software? Plus, the hardware doesn't make a machine
- better than another, it is the OS that makes the real difference.
-
- Plus, a PPC 604 at 200 mhz doesn't seem underpowered in any sense to me.
- People don't seem to realise that a machine is still a powerful bit of
- hardware, even if it is 2 years old. I mean, look at an A500, a vastly
- outdated bit of machinery, but one that can still do all sorts of fun stuff...
- Control robots, write music etc.
-
-
- >>
- >>>: This drives him crazy and causes him to post in
- >>>: these areas probably. Afterall, if he was happy with his apple mac, he
- >>>: wouldn't be here in these areas at all. This is without a doubt true,
- >>>: why else would someone waste their time on another machines newsgroups
- >>>: if they were perfectly : happy with their crap mac.
- >>
- >>> Is this your way of trying to get attention, or are you really stupid
- >>>enough to think that's a sound line of reasoning? If the former, get a
- >>>shrink--if the latter, just join a monastary and spare the gene pool.
- >>
- >> Well what are you doing here then?
- >>
-
- >Unwinding and nursing a Molson..
-
-
- >PowerMacs does more...costs less...
-
- ... and has a crap OS compared to the Amiga
-
-