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- From: dons@olympus.net (Don Schmelling)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy,comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: Walker vs. the $999 7200/75 w/4xCD!
- Date: Fri, 29 Mar 96 17:56:10 PST
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- Nathanael J Henderson (nahender@prairie.NoDak.edu) wrote:
- : Shane Kuntz (crkuntz@sgiis4.sdrc.com) wrote:
- :
- : : How far begind the times will it be when it runs the exact same CPU
- : : as your precious Macintosh? Has PCI slots? uses standard GFX cards?
- : : One thing is for damn sure.. Copeland had better be out for the Mac in
- : : first quarter 1997 and live up to it's hype or the Amiga will eclipse it
- : : completely in capability.
- :
- : Oh? The amiga OS is getting networking, TCP, QuickTime, a top-notch
- : scripting language? Perhaps thousands of new programs for it will
- : suddenly spring from the brow of AT fully formed? :-) The PowerAmiga is
- : AT's last chance to stay alive--to say it will eclipse Copland is
- : preposterous unless you try to limit the comparison to one or two
- : technical points and ignore the big picture.
-
- Well with the big losses Apple has been posting lately, I would not
- count on Copland coming out right away.
-
- Well the PowerAmiga + AmigaOS will eclipse the best the Mac currently offers.
- You will see a PowerAmiga but you may not see Copland.
- Even if Copland becomes available it will not rescue Apple from
- financial demise.
-
- The Amiga already has networking, TCP, and a top-notch scripting language.
- Apple approached AT with a copy of QuickTime.
- IMHO the MacOS is not ahead of the AmigaOS currently.
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