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- From: finnh@ak.planet.gen.nz (finn)
- Subject: Re: Why are europeans dumb enough to buy amigas?
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- Date: Thu, 4 Apr 1996 00:50:00 GMT
-
- >On 26 Mar 1996 05:45:06 GMT, tempest@netins.net wrote:
-
- >>>Including graphics speeds? Without buying an additional overpriced
- >>>graphics card?
- >>>
- >>
- >>Oh hell no, I surely can't buy a graphics card now can I? hehehe.. Then
- >>I would have a cool Amiga, so I am not allowed to so you can keep on acting
- >>like a fool.
-
- >I keep trying to see your argument, but you clearly don't present one
- >here.
-
- What he is saying is:
- PCs don't have gfx on the motherboard, they come with GFX cards
- You aren't allowing him a GFX card.
-
- >>>I don't know about you but I bought my computer to run applications.
- >>
- >>Yes I surely did. My Amiga has applications and I use them.. Gee you
- >>didn't know this? Well, yes, I am here to tell you, Amiga has applications.
- >>Now you know..
-
- >They're toys compared to PC apps, and they're horribly overpriced.
-
- I assume by "toys" you mean:
- faster
- about as powerful (more in the case of Lightwave)
- cheaper (even free at times)
- they crash less
-
- and by "overpriced" you mean:
- a hell of a lot cheaper than their PC equivelent.
-
- >>For my main use for the computer, BBS Systems, Amiga is the best. You have
- >>a great choice of bbs systems on mac? Nope!
-
- >PC BBS systems are at the top. I don't think there's any serious
- >discussion. Not like Tempest BBS system ever sold anyway. :)
-
- Odd, why are all the PC BBSs I have been to crap then? The Amiga based ones
- are alway nicer.
-
- >>My Amiga does every single thing I have ever wanted it to. There is always
- >>a choice of high quailty applications too. There is no shortage of
- >>professional applications on Amiga.. There is always new applications
- >>comming out too, so there is always something new to try out as well.
-
- >:) Whatever....
-
- There is _Good_ shareware coming out too, just try getting a decent combined
- OLR, NNTP news reader and MIME mailer for $30 on the PC.
-
- >>If I wanted to, I can even run your mac or ibm software on my machine too.
-
- >Numbingly slowly, but yes, that's true.
-
- Not the MAC stuff, that goes at the same speed as a Mac with the same
- processor.
-
- >>IBm's and mac's still can't run as nice as my Amiga. And bbs programs
- >>on ibm and mac are seriously lacking compared the Professional Amiga ones.
-
-
- >ROTFL. And a prime example is Tempest, an enhanced AmiExpress, right?
- >:) (A-X was..) The BBS package made for pirates, right?
-
- try Xeno, Zeus and various others.
-
- IBMs and Macs are _not_ as nice as miggys either, even my dad aggrees, and he
- has worked with every system under the sun (and them too).
-
- Finn Higgins
-
-