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- Subject: 4000: Is it so great?
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- Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1992 06:12:05 GMT
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- Organization: University of Louisville
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- Do you ever wonder why the Amiga has always offered hardware options to allow
- it to emulate a PC, while the IBM has never had this option for their machines?
- The answer is because the IBM is a better machine than the Amiga. Commodore
- is now releasing their new 4000, claiming its so great. Well, right now you
- can buy a 486 DX 50 MHz PC for under $3000 with 24 bit color. Or a 66 MHz for
- about the same price. All this plus incredible third party support and a user
- base that makes the Amiga's look like Downhome, USA compared to New York City.
- Another big thing in the Amiga community is its multitasking. Well, OS/2 has
- been out for the IBM for a while now, and Desqview even longer. It seems to me
- that CBM is trying to just catch up to the high echelon that the IBM is
- currently residing at. I used to own an Amiga, so I know what I'm talking
- about, and when I say the Amiga crashes a lot, I'm not kidding. I remember
- being on that computer many times and seeing that infamous "Guru Meditation
- Error" and now being on my IBM compatible and thinking "Whats all the fuss
- about?" Seriously folks, face the facts: The Amiga is still a couple of steps
- back on the evolution scale, and just losing ground.
-