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From: sysop@tlvx.UUCP (SysOp)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Amiga outclassed
Summary: New Amiga stuff
Message-ID: <259@tlvx.UUCP>
Date: 25 Mar 90 23:03:32 GMT
References: <1955@crash.cts.com>
Organization: Temporal Vortex BBS of Jacksonville, Florida
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In article <1955@crash.cts.com>, seanc@pro-party.cts.com (Sean Cunningham) writes:
> In-Reply-To: message from glin@lehi3b15.csee.Lehigh.EDU
> 
> A multisync moniter won't be mandatory unless you want to access the extended
> modes...if not, make due with what you have.  You have to expect that better
> features will cost you more...TANSTAAFL!

Say, do we really know what all the new features will be in the new chipset?
Will any multisync do?
(TANSTAAFL?)   I missed the original message... pay more than what?

>  
[comments abou UNIX deleted...]

I would hate to force people to use UNIX, even though I use it a lot.
It's often a lot of work to keep up and running... not to mention
complicated.... all of which I don't mind, but then I'm interested in 
technical computer things...

>  
> But I swear...all this bitchin' about price...Amiga owners have got to be some
> of the cheapest computer users in the world...

How much should this stuff cost?  Apparently you can get a 386SX
with a VGA card and floppy for around $1000 or so.  It seems to me that an
Amiga 2000 should have trouble selling for $2000.  Seems to me if price was
your primary concern, you'd be buying a clone, not an Amiga.

But if you want something really pricey, just look at some Mac magazines.
(No flames, I like the Mac, what I've seen of it.)  Is it wrong for me to try 
to get the price of a color Amiga system, color PC clone system, and a color
Amiga system?  Aside from the fact that it's comparing apples and oranges
(or Apples and Amigas, heh heh).

Ok, so why am I rambling on about this?  Well, in the latest Byte, there
were a couple of comments in the Mac column.  Notably, the comment, "...the
halls of copmuting obscurity now occupied by the likes of the Amiga and the
Atari ST."  It got me thinking about the new state of computers.  In the
grand scheme of things, the Amiga does all *I* want it to.  When you look
at buying a computer, you're interested in not just price, but also this
"security" of having a lot of software and hardware support.  But when I
look at the other systems, I prefer the Amiga.  If nothing else mattered,
I like Amiga the most.  For some reason I didn't really think of the Amiga
as "obscure"; for business use I guess it is.  Please, someone tell me
how this article is flawed!  Tell me how well Amiga is doing!  Seriously,
I'm not going to replace my Amiga any time soon.

Anyway, I've been pricing hardware for the A1000 for some time now, and am
toying with the idea of just buying another machine to upgrade.  I think
I'll wait for the new Amiga(s?) before buying anything.  I'm impatiently
awaiting....  Say is there any chance for an Amiga laptop?  (I know,
color LCD screens are probably too expensive, never mind!)  I think I
will look at the "A3000" or whatever that will be; I'd like a hard drive,
and a multisynch, and....
>  
> Sean

(I know this has been terribly long, but I feel much better now, heh.
I have more thoughts on this, but I'll spare you.  :-)