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- Path: grafix.xs4all.nl!rdingem
- Date: Wed, 27 Mar 96 22:47:39 GMT+1
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- Subject: Re: Amiga Technology is insulting!!
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- From: rdingem@grafix.xs4all.nl (Ruud Dingemans)
- Message-ID: <rdingem.4ot3@grafix.xs4all.nl>
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- In a message of 25 Mar 96 David Corn wrote to All:
-
- DC> *IF* you have an 060/50 WITH a $500, fast graphics card, THEN you can
- DC> run a Mac nearly as fast as the slowest PowerPC Macintosh ever made, the
- DC> 6100/60. There is no current Macintosh made (of the PPC series, of
- DC> which only 1 Mac doesn't belong) that is nearly that slow.
-
- Oh dear. Seems mr. Corn has never heard of the 5200. Such a shame.
- (In case you didn't know, it's PPC 603 is slower than the 6100 on CPU
- power - we tested this.)
- This clearly indicates his level of knowledge.
-
- >> My Amiga OS runs modern Apps.. It can also do most things a 'modern'? pc
- >> can,
-
- DC> Via MacOS, sure. What happens when most Mac apps become PPC-only? Many
- DC> games already are PPC-only, or heavily optimized for the PPC.
-
- By that time, a PowerAmiga will be mainstream. There are far too
- many 680x0 Macs out there for developers to switch to full PPC code
- right now.
-
- DC> Yes, because I care about what I can do on the machine, and a PC lets me
- DC> do significantly more.
-
- ...For twice the price and twice the trouble.
-
- Regards, Ruud
- rdingem@grafix.xs4all.nl
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