| From: | Simon Preston |
| Date: | 11 Jul 2000 at 20:50:25 |
| Subject: | Re: Mind-numbingly boring Amigas |
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On 11-Jul-00, Matt Sealey (matt@kittycat.co.uk) wrote...
>> Amiga's? Mind numbingly boring? I beg to differ here. My Amiga currently
>> can do 3D rendering (Imagine, VistaPro. Have to admit though, its a pain
>> in the arse to wait for),
> Thanks for proving my point so succincyly. Next! :)
Ok. I agree with you on that one, 3D rendering on an Amiga is slow and dull
(thats why I hardly ever do it) and can be done much faster on PC or Mac.
> [snip]
Ah, didn't argue with the rest then. :)
>> Now how is that boring?
> It's boring because it isn't anything remotely EXCITING. Amigas were great
> when you could do stuff on them that PCs and Macs just couldn't. Now
> what's happened? They do EVERYTHING your Amiga does and more besides
> (including emulating them faster than they could hope to run normally)
Hmm, true, in some bits, false in others. I'll use an example. I use
OctaMED Soundstudio on the Amiga a lot. When the PC version came out I got
that. However, I still use the Amiga version more than the PC version simply
because its easier to use. The Windows version is a pain in the arse and
crashes a lot.
Are you seeing what I mean? Its slower but it works better.
Oh yeah, the emulation bit. No way! :)
> I have lots of software, software that I use because I have a need for it.
> But using software is BORING when that software is so mundane. There is no
> exciting software available for the Amiga. It's all run-o-the-mill. And it
> doesn't even do the stuff I'd want it to do even if I could supress the
> boredom long enough to use it.
If you want to relieve yourself from boredom buy a Playstation or
Dreamcast. Thats what they are designed for. Personal Computers (not Windows
boxes, I mean computers as a whole) are designed for working.
> I might do a bit of CD Burning if it weren't so damned frustrating trying
> to get my machine up to spec to do it - i.e. a new IDE interface. Now I
> find that half of it is broken, and that I am stuck with all my BORING
> software again.
Sorry to hear your IDE interface is bust. Get it fixed or buy a new one.
Regards
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