From: thompson@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: 80,000,000 pc's can't be wrong
Date: 26 Aug 92 18:29:17 CDT
Distribution: na
Organization: University of Kansas Academic Computing Services

In article <1992Aug24.200314.8579@clipper.ingr.com>, kontos@clipper.ingr.com (Thorne Kontos) writes:
> 
> So Mike, mind telling us just how many of these pc's are 386-based?
> How many are 486-based? So Mike, eventually everyone migrates to other
> platforms, but I for one don't see how programming on any one particular
> machine makes it a day of wasted programming. This statement sounds
> so much like Marc Barrett, I'm beginning to wonder if he is forging your
> posts. To a good programmer, it shouldn't matter what platform he is 
> programming on, all other things considered equally. You seem to imply 
> the world revolves around Intel-based systems, but in major corporations
> in the business world, IBM mainframes still hold sway.

Ha ha ha ha ha ha.  Boy are you out of touch.  Mainframes are losing
popularity to micros.  Downsizing is happening everywhere.  What are
companies going to downsize to--an Amiga?  Probably not.  They'll get
PC's, Macs, or Unix boxes with the majority being PC's.

> 
> Another thing argued frequently here is disk space. Windows 3.1 takes up
> 12M/ OS2.0/33M when fully installed. Adding programs that would be 

OS/2 2.0 takes up 24-25 megabytes.  Optional applets take up the rest.
Before you ask how do I know this--I added it up from the file sizes.

> necessary to run a home business (Excel, Word, Adobe fonts, Norton Utilities,
> Corel Draw, and a number more) add up to 77M. So for Windows, this is 99M,
> and for OS2.0 110M, and I have yet to count the associated data files. All
> these numbers were quoted in a recent pc magazine. So what does this say to 
> me? It says I need at least a 200M hard drive. Now Mike, tell me how many
> systems come with a 200M+ hard drive installed? Do the Intel based systems
> still look so appealing? Or are you just in it for the money like your

Well of course a 200 megabyte HD would scare the be-jesus out of an
AmigaDroid!  If I had to pay what Amigas cost, a 200 mb HD would the 
the pants off me.  But PC's with 200 mb HD's aren't expensive.  Get 
that through your head.  If you complain about PC software needing more
resources, you have to remember that PC hardware can end up costing
half of what you pay for relatively equivalent Amiga systems.

> signature suggests? In that case, program all you want, for whatever 
> platform will pay you the most.

Go look in Computer Shopper and you will find a bunch of manufacturers
selling systems with 200 meg HD's installed.  
> 
> So Mike, when your 80 million machines measure up to the Tandy's Sensation,
> then I'll agree with you. And I think the Sensation still has loads of room
> for improvement...Until then, go join the pc droids on their advocacy groups
> where you can argue over which has more features (OS2.0 or Win3.1).

If you think Tandy's are hot stuff in the PC world, you need to wake up
and smell the coffee.

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