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- From: cstadba@csv.warwick.ac.uk (Mr C D Ward)
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- Subject: Re: Macintosh VR
- Date: 21 Nov 1992 16:56:26 -0000
- Organization: Computing Services, University of Warwick, UK
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- |> forget part one, shell out the extra bucks and buy an Amiga 4000.. the graphics
- |> speed stomps anything but high-end (expensive) boards, it has the superior
- |> processor (IMO), the OS is supportive to applications (it has true multitasking,
- |> something both previous platforms lack), it may not be as friendly as a Mac, but
- |> it provides much more power and control. Programming is a shear joy with the
- |> latest generation of compilers (use C and recode the guts as necessary).
- |> As for price, it goes for ~ 2500 last time I checked.. I think the extra cost
- |> is worth it.
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- I have seen the A4000 selling for 2100 pounds in the UK inc VAT.
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- When somebody finally gets around to putting a CD-ROM in the A4000, will
- this be an advantage for VR, ie greater storage space, so bigger areas to
- move in, or will it all just boil down to pure processor power.
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- In the power stakes the A4000 is good because the processor board can be
- taken out, as it just slots in. This has been done so that when the 68060
- comes out they will just be able to stick it on a board and plug it in the
- processor socket. (I say 060 because I heard somwhere that Motorola have
- scrapped the 050???)
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- Chris Ward + Tries hard, fails to achieve the low standards he
- cstadba@csv.warwick.ac.uk + sets himself, works well with a broom.
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