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- From: msnider@Rapnet.Sanders.Lockheed.Com (Marc A. Snider x0193)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
- Subject: Re: Apology
- Message-ID: <1992Sep14.121321.2693@Rapnet.Sanders.Lockheed.Com>
- Date: 14 Sep 92 12:13:21 GMT
- References: <Bu16q5.1vK@acsu.buffalo.edu> <5cwn!4q@lynx.unm.edu>
- Organization: Sanders Associates
- Lines: 65
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- In article <5cwn!4q@lynx.unm.edu> kholland@hydra.unm.edu (Kiernan Holland) writes:
- >I'm sorry, I have no right to judge the other users of the amiga community.
- >
- >I just get a bit disatisfied with amiga users when they say something
- >that will cause rumors that are far more untruthful and far more
- >destructive than helpful. I guess we all must use our own
- >critical thinking about what people see here and elsewhere.
- >
- >I have see so many developers and companies cheat amiga users
- >that I wonder why I still own an Amiga after all these years.
- >
- >I tend to think twice and wait a year before I buy something
- >like more ram or a commercial program. You just can't
- >assume that the first release of a program or a piece of hardware
- >or such will be perfect the first time.
- >
- >It is wise to know the physical limitations of things such
- >as graphics cards on the general multi-platform scale
- >before buying a graphics card right now. Right now,
- >as I understand, some company could release a 24-bit
- >640x480 graphics card with a super fast accelerator chip
- >for under 600 dollars, non-interlaced. This is the ruler
- >I judge amiga graphics cards by. I understand how
- >graphics cards work (in general) that I'm not as impressed
- >about certain Amiga hardware as everyone else is.
- >
- >If the Video toaster (for instance) used the Amiga 3000's
- >bus rather than the 2000's you could move pictures
- >to and from the Video Toaster much faster than what is
- >claimed for the 2000, but you can't expect NewTek
- >to re-think a pice of hardware and software
- >that was pieced together and probably written on a
- >assembly-code level. This fame will only last about
- >a year or two more, I estimate. At the rate
- >things are being developed for the PC, things should
- >be developed in less than 2 years that will meet
- >or exceed the Toaster in every area. For now, NEW-TEK
- >must see how much money they can drain out of the public
- >then they'll start a bigger company (similar to SONY)
- >that will work on high-end hardware/software and
- >will probably dump the Amigas.
- >
- >That is my prediction. Take it or leave it.
- >
- >For now, I will wait until Windows NT comes out
- >and until chips such as the P5/P6 come out.
- >The 66mhz 486's (with clock doublers) exist
- >and are double that speed internally, or 132mhz
- >386 if you want to call it that. Those systems go for
- >under 3000 bucks and the graphics cards are just as amazing (and cheaper)
- >as Amiga graphics cards.
- >
- >Just remember, no body or no thing is untouchable, just
- >commercial exagerations make it seem that way.
- >
- >
- >
-
- There are other things to consider besides pure computational power. A
- cray will do you no good without accompanying software. You will wait
- for a prolonged time before a P5 based machine will allow you to
- advantage of it advanced power via software.
-
- M. Snider
- msnider@rapnet.sanders.lockheed.com
-