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- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Path: netcom.com!jsheehy
- From: jsheehy@netcom.com (John Sheehy)
- Subject: Re: Why are europeans dumb enough to buy amigas?
- Message-ID: <jsheehyDp3uH0.E4x@netcom.com>
- Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest)
- References: <1996Mar11.221045@cantva> <0099FC9D.C9C33059@netins.net> <jsheehyDosr8v.D6s@netcom.com> <4j8lov-pfs@svstch.ubs.ch>
- Date: Sat, 30 Mar 1996 23:55:48 GMT
- Sender: jsheehy@netcom19.netcom.com
-
- In article <4j8lov-pfs@svstch.ubs.ch>,
- Roland Knecht <roland.knecht@ubs.ch> wrote:
- >jsheehy@netcom.com (John Sheehy) wrote:
- >
- >>I run my PC at 800x600x24 bit all the time. The difference between that,
- >>and running at that resolution and depth on my Amiga is that under
- >>Windows, *every* gfx app can utilize the bandwidth. One of the main
- >>reasons I bought a PC is because of the very poor support for high-end
- >>gfx on the Amiga.
- >
- >But one main advantage of the Screen-Concept of the Amiga is, that if
- >you want to run your imaging-application in 24Bit you don't have to
- >run your word-processor, your file-manager, your desktop... in 24Bit
- >too and so creating overhead. You can specify for every application
- >individually what screen-size and depth they should use and don't have
- >to reconfigure and reboot your system whenever you think that Word is
- >to slow in the 24Bit you needed for Photoshop...
-
- Sounds good in theory, but in reality, the overhead is negligible. The
- only time I drop to 256 colors is for the occasional color cycling.
- Most apps don't see any noticeable penalty at 24 bits.
-
- John Sheehy <jsheehy@netcom.com>
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