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- From: sinclap2954@cobra.uni.edu (PETER SINCLAIR-DAY)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy,comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: Walker vs. the $999 7200/75 w/4xCD!
- Message-ID: <1996Mar27.222703.53639@cobra.uni.edu>
- Date: 27 Mar 96 22:27:03 -0600
- References: <1996Mar26.121829.53605@cobra.uni.edu> <4j9np0$aam@flood.xnet.com> <315983E9.2818@p3.enzian.com> <eraugust-2703961138190001@sbdsk0838.sbrc.hac.com>
- Organization: University of Northern Iowa
-
- In article <eraugust-2703961138190001@sbdsk0838.sbrc.hac.com>, eraugust@igate1.hac.com (Eric R. Augustine) writes:
- > In article <315983E9.2818@p3.enzian.com>, Jude Anthony
- > <jude@p3.enzian.com> wrote:
- >
- >> Oh, Jason, I expected so much more:
- >> >
- >> > PETER SINCLAIR-DAY (sinclap2954@cobra.uni.edu) wrote:
- >> >
- >> > : Today, the PowerMac 7200/75 8/500/4xcd is $999(official)!! 3 PCI,
- > memory and
- >> > : Vram slots for $999! The 7200 does more...costs less...
- >> >
- >> > But owning one means we have to be associated with you. And that's
- >> > really unpleasant.
- >> > I don't like him either, but I expected the Editor-in-Chief to have a
- >> better rebuttal, like "you have to buy the Mac keyboard and Monitor
- >> separately" (if that's still true), or "the Mac doesn't have composite
- >> video out," or _anything_ better than straight insults.
- >
- > Well - if you read enough of Mr. Day's posts - after a while you
- > realize that that is all he is really after - since the only
- > company Mr. Day has is that Mac of his...
- >
- > Still - the 'does more' is really a matter of opinion. After all
- > I'd prefer to do several things at once - and not have them die.
- > (like they do so very often on the 7200's and 7500's we have here)
- > Which is really only possible on the Amiga - or a much more expensive
- > workstation - and I do mean WORKSTATION. Mr Day would probably call
- > his Mac a workstation - but it's more like a 'PlayStation'... Though
- > you can't reliably even 'play' on a mac. Mr Day is a rather 'fantastic'
- > person... he lives in fantasy - and enjoys raking up argument since
- > that is the ONLY way he can get any attention in this world.
-
- Be real..What software do you run on the Amiga that compares to the Powermac
- platform?
-
- The currently availabe Amiga in NA is the A4000T which costs $2800 and has sold
- poorly. The market has rejected it due antiquity of the technology and the
- outrageaous price.
-
- AT is dreaming if it thinks the Walker will fly with an 030 in NA...Anything
- less than a 040, you might as well not bother..
-
- >
- > .trog--
- >
- >
- >
- >>
- >> Ah well. I'll still read AR every chance I get.
- >>
- >> GreyFox
- >> jude@p3.enzian.com
-
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