From: joeles@cup.portal.com (Joel Edward Swan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
Subject: Re: 4000:  Is it so great?
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 92 01:20:52 PDT
Organization: The Portal System (TM)

>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
?

Because there is so much MSDOS software available.  No other reason.
>
>The answer is because the IBM is a better machine than the Amiga.  Commodore

Buzz!  You lose.  Do you ever wonder why IBMs are trying to run Windows?
It's because the Amiga's GUI wipes away MSDOG.  THAT's for real.

>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.

New York city?  Ever try to live there?  Enjoy the crime, the impersonal
service, the sloooow reaction by the sluggish and beaurocratic government.  
Yep, sounds JUST LIKE MSDOS clones.  Give me hometown ANYDAY.  Sheesh, what
a twit.

>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 m
e
                            ^^^^^  Since 1985?  Nada.
Hahahahahahaha.  OS/2 (half an OS).  It got tossed at work because of the
CONSTANT bombing.  "Catching up?"  Hehehe.  In your dreams.

>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

Hahahahaha. When, in 1985 under AmigaDos 1.1?  Hahaha.  You sound like a
geek.

>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 step
s

Sure, so you run Wordperfect for a few hours a day.  Ever try to use
CorelDraw, Pagemaker, Windows, etc.  I've had to try them all.  Set the
drivers...  fix the himem....  config this...  config that...  ooops, works
with this but not with that, freeze - aaarg, hours of work wiped.


>back on the evolution scale, and just losing ground.

Like 640K blocks?  Yeah, right....

So, then why are the others JUST NOW stepping up to multitasking (and I
don't mean Windows (snicker)), and, wow, using custom support chips.  Gee,
what a keen idea.  Glad IBM thought of it (hehe).

Get a life.

-Joel
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