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- From: katefans@chinet.chi.il.us (Chris'n'Vickie of Chicago)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
- Subject: Re: 4000
- Message-ID: <BuH7p5.6n5@chinet.chi.il.us>
- Date: 12 Sep 92 17:39:04 GMT
- References: <1992Sep11.201126.29937@Rapnet.Sanders.Lockheed.Com> <2bwn6wj@lynx.unm.edu> <1992Sep12.123339.16787@gn.ecn.purdue.edu>
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- In article <1992Sep12.123339.16787@gn.ecn.purdue.edu> sacke@gn.ecn.purdue.edu (Jeff Hanna) writes:
- >In article <2bwn6wj@lynx.unm.edu> kholland@hydra.unm.edu (Kiernan Holland) writes:
- >>In article <1992Sep11.201126.29937@Rapnet.Sanders.Lockheed.Com> msnider@Rapnet.Sanders.Lockheed.Com (Marc A. Snider x0193) writes:
- >>>Well, for what it's worth, I just got this info from a local dealer. He
- >>>had just received the info via fax (circa 2:30pm eastern time).
- >>>
- [ A bunch of stuff deleted]
-
- >
- >My only correction is that it will do a little over 262,000 colors in high
- >res HAM8 from a pallete of 16.7 million--not 256,000 colors :)
- >
- >
-
- In the interest of fairness and balance - almost any not-totally-stripped
- 486 based PC clone will come with a super-VGA or better video card. The low
- end will have a card like the Diamond SpeedStar that can do 32,000 colors
- from a 16-million color pallette, and the high end will have a Diamond
- SpeedStar 24X that can do true 24-bit color at 800 x 600 or 16 color at
- 1024 x 1280.
-
- Hey, I love my Amiga too, but lets keep the facts straight.
-
- >This machine is using the same CPU technology as the Mac Quadra 9000--with
- >better sound and practically as good vide FOR A THIRD OF THE PRICE!!!!!
-
- It's silly to compare the 4000 to a Quadra 900. Apple machine are always
- overpriced. A more realistic comparison would be to a 486-33 or 50 with a
- high-color board running windows. Sure Windows is a buggy kluge, but there is
- a lot of wonderful software available on Windows.
-
- Chris Williams
- katefans@chinet.chi.il.us
-