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- From: cvmalone@unix2.tcd.ie (Colm Malone)
- Subject: What *IS* the best way to go?
- Message-ID: <cvmalone.716135349@unix2.tcd.ie>
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- Organization: Trinity College, Dublin
- Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 14:29:09 GMT
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- Greetings fellow Amiga Users,
- Having had the loan of an Amiga 500 for the Summer I find I like it,
- in fact I like it alot ;)
- My liking of the Amiga has prompted the decision to buy my own - the problem
- is which model? A few weeks ago I would have been happy with an A500 with
- a hard-disk (which could take memory expansion chips) - but now I am not so
- sure.
- I've just recently seen a friend of mine's seriously expanded A2000
- machine (120MB HD, 11MB RAM, 68030 40MHz accelerator card, display enhancer etc)
- running WB2.04 - needless to say my jaw hit the floor. True Multi-Tasking is a
- joy to watch especially when you have 20 million applications open at once :^)
-
- I realise that that sort of a system is a wee bit out of my price range but I
- figure a A2000 could be acquired at a reasonable price, since Commodore have
- stop production of this model, and a HD with HD controller card are generally
- cheaper for the A2000 than for the A500. Then maybe in a year times or so,
- upgrade to an A3000 when their prices start to fall due to the advent of the
- much rumoured new Amiga's.
-
- The more I research into the Amiga and its hardware add-ons the more
- I am confused. I am just wondering is the A2000 route I have mentioned above
- a good way to go - or will this model and others like it be outdated when these
- Super Amigas arrive around Christmas?
-
- I have even contemplated getting a PC with the recent plummeting of
- prices in the IBM market (eg. a decent 486 40MB HD for just over a 1000 pounds
- in England). I know all the die-hard Amiga fans are shuddering at the thought
- of such a move :) At least the Amiga is still doing fairly well over here in
- Europe - from what I here in America if it ain't IBM compatible people don't
- want to know about it :(
-
- So what I basically would like is some reassurance why I should
- stick with Commodore, and what would be the best upgrading route to take. Maybe
- some avid PC users could send me their reasons why I should jump ship. Or do
- I need to jump ship? (are these PC bridgeboards for the Amiga really IBM
- compatible?)
-
- Mail me or the net with all help, hints, tips, suggestions etc. Preferably mail
- me direct, as we miss the odd letter in our NewsNet, and I will post the
- most interesting, funny or weird replies that I receive.
-
- Thanks in advance from a confused micro-user,
- Colm.
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