From: cython@ais.org (Tim Devlin)
Subject: Re: Face it, Amiga's are no good!
Organization: UMCC
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 92 22:16:12 GMT

In article <Mark_Skaff.0025@softworx.access> Mark_Skaff@softworx.access (Mark Skaff) writes:
>In a message dated Wed  8 Apr 92 09:07, Cython@ais.org (tim Devlin) wrote:
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>> minutes at a time.  Have you ever seen a Viedo Toaster Equepted Amiga
>being
>> used by VERY professional people who would NOT even consider an MS-DOS
>> computer for the kind of work they have to do?  Prehaps in your
>
>But what would Amiga users say if they did not have the Video Toaster to
>defend them? Sure; Maybe the Video Toaster is a major _video_ adapter for
>computers, but who needs video? People don't exactly go to work and use
>Video Toasters - Granted, some people do use them at home, but it is still
>not a major thing. MS-DOS based machines may have disadvantages, but they
>have one main advantage that outweighs all other computers; The
>compatibility and wise usage of it.
>
>Only recently I realize, "Have I made a mistake in buying an Amiga?".
>

What is it that you want to do on your Amiga that you can't do??

I get sooo tired of people bitching that "Oh no!! the amiga does nothave the
latest greatest version of Word Perfect, it MUST be dieing!!"  Give me a
break!  There are SEVERAL word processors out for the Amiga that will do
ANYTHING I ever need a word processor to do, and then some.  Do you want to
do DTP??  Propage and Pagestream are two of the best DTP packages avaible
for any platform.  Dbase iv pro is an awsome data-base.  Dynacadd blows away
ALOT of MS-DOS Cad-Cam packages, Dpaint IV, Digi-paint etc. are VERY good
full featured drawing programs.  Jr-comm, NComm are VERY good terminals
programs, and games?? sure you can get just about what 5,000 games for the
Amiga, more?? who knows.  The question is just WHAT is it that you seem to
find the Amiga so lacking in?  And if you need to run MS-DOS software THAT
badly, pop in a Bridgeboard and VGA card, and have fun!  Need Mac software?
Toss on A-Max, need to run Unix?? you can do that too.  Need high-end
graphics and viedo application?  Get a Toaster, need to do MIDI? Toss it on
as well.  Im not saying that the Amiga is the BEST around at ALL of those
things, but it sure as hell for me does a VERY good job of being an
multi-purpose, multi-platform computer with VAST quanities of software,
hardware and users etc.

The bottem line is, if the computer you bought does not do what you need it
to do, then why on earth did you buy it?  You must not have done much clear
thinking when you bought that Amiga did you?  Or if you are a long time
Amiga owner and are pissed cuz CBM is giving you an A3000T with an 040 and a
new AA chip-set for $50.00, then please DO get an MS-DOS machine :)

As far as the Amiga not running being in big business, it is!  I know that
GM uses the Amiga in Lansing MI. at the B.O.C. plants to do some cadd and
other work, they have them coupled with bridgeboards and magneto-optical
drives with pretty amazing displays.

Also, of course IBM and its nameless faceless cloans are in BIG Business
alot more then the Amiga, SO WHAT??  If I needed a persoanl workstation, id
get a RISC based Unix system with all the bells and whistles and blow away
anything IBM has to offer.

For me and millions of others, the Amiga is still the best bang for the
buck!  I can do more on my Amiga and in less time, while having fun doing it
then I ever could in an MS-DOS based Lemming computer.

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