From: skip@tacky.cs.olemiss.edu (Skip Sauls)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: A4000 is kinda UGLY !!!
Keywords: Ugly
Date: 9 Oct 92 23:06:45 GMT
Article-I.D.: ra.1992Oct9.230645.8957
Organization: University of Mississippi, Dept. of Computer Science

In article <mac1.718664304@Ra.MsState.Edu> mac1@Ra.MsState.Edu (Mubashir Cheema) writes:
>skip@tacky.cs.olemiss.edu (Skip Sauls) writes:
>>You obviously have not seen some of the PC cases that are available.  I use
>>a PC at work that is much uglier than the A4000 and have seen several that
>>are just as bad or worse.
>
>  Good, you too admitted that its UGLY.

Yes, it is ugly.  But that certainly won't stop me from buying one.

>>> Hell its a big SQUARE BOX, no innovative design that we Amigans are used to.
>
>>What Amigas are you talking about?  The A1000 had an innovative keyboard
>>garage (which I never used except to show someone that it had one), but
>>they chopped off part of the numeric keypad to make it fit.   The A500 is
>>nice enough for a C128/Atari ST style computer, but hardly innovative.  The
>>A2000 is, well, "functional" is about the nicest thing I can say about it.
>>The A3000 looks pretty nice, but there is no 5.25" bay for things like 
>>CDROMs and it is a pain in the ass to add memory, drives, etc.
>
> Hey I never criticised what was inside it or if it was functional or not
> I am just saying that maybe they should redesign its shape, maybe something
> like NeXT or something. 

The Cube?  It would need to be a mighty big cube to hold the Zorro III cards.

The Pizza Box?  I used to think that it would be neat for C= to make an
A3000 Pizza Box with 2 Zorro III slots, drive on the side, and that sort
of thing, but not any longer.  After upgrading both my A3000 and PCs with
hard drives and RAM, I'd much rather have the wide open spaces of a bigger
case.  Now, an AGA equipped 030 Pizza Box for $1000 might be nice...

> While I was proudly showing the same picture of A4000 to a friend and he
> goes " So what is it a 386 or 486 ? ". I was like " What ? ", "yeah yeah I
> know its Amiga 4000 and Amiga makes it but what is it 386 or 486 " he said.
> "Jerk its not PC compatible" I was a little upset. " Looks like one to me "
> he remarked. Well that forced me to post this article. 

Sheesh, it's only a computer.

> Man I am protesting against it. I am not buying it unless they stop buying
> the A4000 box from ( CCPCC ) Chinese Cheapest PC Cases Co.

Actually, they bought a bunch of old Tandy cases and melted the word "Amiga"
into the front.  :-)

By the way, the big "Amiga" on the front is the only thing that bothers me
about the case.  And the RGB symbol under the nameplate.  Did they get that
idea from the old TV sets or what?  :-)

>>> How many people share my disappointment ?
>
>>I'm sure that Mega Bitch and a few others will agree with you, but I'll
>>state now that I like it well enough and will be buying one in the near
>>future.  
>
>>Is the way the computer looks that big a deal?  Sheesh, it is a tool that
>>you use, not something to decorate your office with.  I used to keep the
>>cover off of my A1000 all the time, but somehow I still managed to get
>>things done.  If someone has trouble using a computer because it is not
>>pretty, I really feel for them.
>
> If you can pack a Cray III in that UGLY A4000 box I sure would love to 
> get it, but given what A4000 offers and the ugly box comes as a bonus
> I think I'll use my current Amiga until things change.
> Again : I am not basing my decision entirely on the looks of a computer
> but that is a major factor. Think about it, do you care how a car looks
> before you buy it or you just care if it runs good.  

You sound just like Mega Bitch (Marc Barrett for the clueless).

I do care how a car looks, but it is not the major factor in my decision
on which model to purchase.  Anyway, I drive a Blazer and think that cars
are stupid anyway.  :-)

>>BTW, I can think of several computers that are uglier than the A4000.
>
>>Mac Performa 600        The ugliest Mac I've ever seen.
>>IBM PS/2s               Plain boxes with goofy blue buttons
>>Gateway 2000s           Huge curve on the front.  Is that a turbocharger?
>>Tandys                  The case design sucks almost as bad as the computer.
>>Sun 3/60                Talk about a huge square box...
>>Atari TT                Looks like a multi-level birthday cake
>>Decstations             Goofy looking PC/Pizza Box hybrid
>>Mac Plus/Classic/etc.   The wimpiest excuse for a computer ever created
>
>>Plus, how about all of the old 8bit Apples, Ataris, Commodores, CPM boxes,
>>CoCos, 99/4As, Adams, etc.?
>
> IMHO a number of these computers look much better than A4000.       
> Decstations are kinda cool. ( My opinion ofcourse )

Which ones?  

>Mubashir.


Skip Sauls
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