| From: | Rob Hutchinson |
| Date: | 6 Jan 2000 at 21:14:32 |
| Subject: | Re: GATEWAY SELLS AMIGA! :) |
Hello Nick
> One said to me "*eight years is a long time to wait* /(i personally
> believe/ /that the A4k/1200 was the last development since AGA was ready
> in late 1991/ /almost) */, the Amiga must be worth it then....*"
>
> *KEEP THE FAITH!*
This may be true of the odd person.. But Microsoft have such a
strangle-hold on the market, businesses wouldn`t look twice
at buying an Amiga...
Not to put a downer on what you said, but look at the 2 main selling points:
- Average home user, wants the Amiga to be able to play games,
access the net, maybe a few 'office' utils..
- Average business, office software. ability to access the net maybe.
I`m sorry to say this... But even if Office2000 is bloat-ware... It totally
pisses all over any amiga office software IMHO.. The apps may be
slow, they may have a shit interface.. But they have SOOOOO many features
its evil!!.. Which is what you *should* expect from a huge company like
Micro$lop.. All the office2000 packages are integrated, feature-packed
and do work to a decent standard.. (sometimes ;))
I`m not saying they cant be rivaled, cos they can.. I`m not even saying
they are good. I just think that the
average business needs this sort of integrated office suite. A lot of
businesses need to have compatible apps too!!! It`s not good if they have
some amiga WP doc that cant be transferred to some other branch of
the company, client, etc.. Because they are all using PCs..
The average amiga user on the other hand...
The net...
Well, the amiga has a, ropey at best, internet implementation,
most of the protocols are 'half-supported' (for example, STRICQ,
has half the features of ICQ on the PC, not that thats the authors
fault, not at all.. It`s just that the PC version's development moves
so much faster.. They probably have 30 people working on it.. Then
there are the browsers... Browsers on the Amiga IMHO really suck!)
Games...
How many decent new 3D games on the amiga? Most people wont even
look at a game these days if it`s 2D.. I myself am not a fan of 3D
games.. And it pisses me off to see developers turning game genres that
are clearly more suited to 2D than 3D into three dimensions...
BUT.. most (especaially younger) people regard it as 'the norm' now.
How are we going to get big deveopment companies to develop games
for a new computer???? It`s not the same as a new console release,
even consoles are starting to use windows as a backbone to make it
easier for developers to port games... (the main reason I wouldn`t EVER
buy a Dreamcast).. It`s been a long time since a new HOME computer
came onto the market.. Learning a new operating system is something
they probably wont want to do.. On top of that, there is more risk
from working 6 months on a game for the amiga.. Which may not sell,
whereas its almost gaurenteed to sell on the PC :(.
Sorry if you think I`m just looking at it all negatively.. I`m just trying
to be realistic.
> Kind regards
> Nick
Rob,
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