From: Paula_Lieberman@amicol.UUCP (Paula Lieberman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: I am FORCED to by a laptop!  HEELP ME!
Distribution: world
Date: 4 Jan 93 17:24:17 EDT
Organization: Amiga Colony BBS

In a message dated Wed 30 Dec 92 22:44, Rcmerrit@apgea.army.mil (robert C. 
wrote:

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 RC> In article <jbickers.0m0k@templar.actrix.gen.nz>
 RC> jbickers@templar.actrix.gen.nz (John Bickers) writes:
>Quoted from <1992Dec22.152946.62226@cc.usu.edu> by slhmz@cc.usu.edu:
>
>> What is out there on the IBM side that is simular to the Amiga?
>
>    It STILL doesn't belong in this newsgroup. Take it to a PC
>    newsgroup.
>
>> Travis Carter
>--
>*** John Bickers, TAP.                   jbickers@templar.actrix.gen.nz
***
>***    "Radioactivity - It's in the air, for you and me" - Kraftwerk   
***

 RC> Ahhh but this isn't really a news group, its an advocacy group. Its
 RC> a place where we get together to yell about which is better. So
 RC> unless
 RC> you talk about comparing other computers to the Amgia, this group
 RC> serves
 RC> little to no purpose, eh?

 RC> Anyways, now for my .026785438 cents worth....

 RC> Ok, I own a 486 dx with 16 megs of ram..etc..etc.. So I'm not hurting
 RC> for
 RC> computer power.
 RC> However, I have been tempted to buy an amiga for about 4 years now.
 RC> Never have,       
 RC> but have been tempted none-the-less. With the advent of the new
 RC> Amigas, I've
 RC> been sitting around waiting for someone who wants to dump their old
 RC> amiga.
 RC> Is this likely to happen soon? The only way I can justify it to
 RC> anyone is that
 RC> if its dirt cheap. (my who family owns IBMs, so it would be heirsasy
 RC> to even
 RC> look at anything else..

There will probably be quite a few old Amigas showing up at low price --
BUT I really can't recommend that anyone but old games players or school
systems or charitable organizations but them -- I've been working on the
same spreadsheets on my old 500 and my new 1200, and the difference in
responsiveness is significant, not to mention the OS improvements, and the
new colors and screen modes.  Buying a used 500 will be -cheapbut..... like
buying an old clunker car.*

[I changed to screen editor mode -- this is NOT an improvement, to those
who are wondering..... It was a nuisance navigating around to find the
editor selection item, and the old s/w I'm using for telecom and DLG's
screen editor and the distaste I have for garish ANSI screens  [greens,
reds, yellows, NOISE and CLUTTER -- get outta my face and leave my visual
processing neurons without the headache, PLEASE!]

-- Via DLG Pro v0.992

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