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- From: dmkasten@redorc.chi.il.us (Bowie Poag)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
- Subject: Re: Amiga kicks PC butt - Xmas Truce.
- References: <16B4CDF7B.AKURCZYN@itesmvf1.rzs.itesm.mx>
- Message-ID: <dmkasten.04nh@redorc.chi.il.us>
- Date: 10 Jan 93 23:26:10 CST
- Organization: Red Oracle Bbs/Network
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- In article <16B4CDF7B.AKURCZYN@itesmvf1.rzs.itesm.mx>,
- AKURCZYN@itesmvf1.rzs.itesm.mx (Alejandro J. Kurczyn S.) writes:
- >In article <1992Dec23.081728.11595@us-es.sel.de>
- >covey@us-es.sel.de (David Covey US/ESS3) writes:
- >
- >>I take umbrage at this - it seems to imply that people buy computers to meet
- >>their needs. Of course they don't. I bought a PC because it's
- >>inherently superior to the Amiga which is only a games machine...
- >
- >Sorry, but if the Amiga is a games machine, then what is the PC? It has
- >far more games than any other personal computer.
- >
- >There are a few very good games for Sun workstations, and they doesn't
- >make it a games machine. They only show the computer's POWER to do stuff
- >like that. Things that require fast machines, fast image display, and
- >of course, good audio quality.
- >
- >What's the deal with the MSDOS machines? every program that runs on the
- >PC can be ported to the amiga, but that's not true the other way.
- >
- >I am not bashing MSDOS machines, I'm just telling the facts. Please prove
- >me wrong.
- >
- >-Alejandro K.
-
-
-
- Big deal--we all know those statements are true, wether we like them or not.
- What would show a little intelligence on your part was to present the facts
- without taunting the poor MSDOS community regarding their rather weak
- architecture.
-
- Also, a flamewar never proved anything.
-
-
-
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- |o| I think, therefore I Amiga. |=|
- +-----------------------------------------------------------+
- | Douglas Michael Kasten (DMK) | Amiga 2000HD/5 with a tiny |
- | dmkasten@redorc.chi.il.us | little 21" Toshiba monitor.|
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