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- From: ggg@kepler.unh.edu (Gregory G Greene)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
- Subject: Re: UI Re: CBM mention on 12/11/92 Computer Chronicles
- Date: 26 Dec 1992 18:58:51 GMT
- Organization: University of New Hampshire - Durham, NH
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- '>> That depends on the hardware lergely, does it not? I'd bet a mega
- '>> Gateway 486/66 with a LocalBus video of ATI Graphics Ultra Pro would
- '>
- '> Given comparable hardware, Workbench will outperform the OS/2
- '> thing. If an A500 outperforms a '386 at window updates, then a
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- Sure, but whats the resolution and colordepth of WB on that A500?
- Saying an A500 running a low resolution 4 color WB outperforms a 386
- running Win3.x or OS2 at a minimum of 640x480x16 isn't saying much.
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- '> suitably beefed up Amiga will also outperform a '486. Even if the
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- Yeah, but whats that beefed up Amiga gonna cost? The above system
- that Dan mentioned is already the same price as an A4000 without a
- monitor. Plus it contains more ram, 3x larger HD, 15" monitor and
- graphics that are as fast if not faster then the A4000.
-
- '> update speed is the same, or close enough for the difference to be
- '> negligible, the Amiga will be burning less CPU time to get that
- '> performance.
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- And it will also be burning a much larger whole in your wallet.
-
- Greg Greene
- ggg@kepler.unh.edu
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