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From: BARRETT%FOREST.ECIL.IASTATE.EDU@cunyvm.cuny.edu (Marc Barrett)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Amiga Rebirth?
Message-ID: <15187@snow-white.udel.EDU>
Date: 28 Mar 90 04:55:04 GMT
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   It is no doubt that the new MAC IIfx will severely damage what
little portion of the professional computer market the Amiga still
hangs onto.  The Amiga is even in severe danger of losing the
multimedia market -- the market that it should have a hold on, but
doesn't.  Thanks to the new Apple video cards -- which have 24-bit
color and the ability to output NTSC compatible video at the flick
of a dip switch -- most the companies that previously bought
Amigas as alternatives to high-end video workstations will now
buy Macs instead.

   What the Amiga needs now is a new beginning.  The Amiga needs
a chance to start over and correct the billions of mistakes that
Commodore has made in the past five years.  Commodore needs to
bring out a new Amiga system that is as powerful and innovative
now as the Amiga 1000 was back in 1985.  The Amiga 1000 was the
first system to offer thousands of colors, a double-sided 3 1/2"
drive, and stereo sound.  Commodore needs to produce a brand new
machine which would be a quantum leap above all of these areas :
millions of colors, a read/write optical disk, and 16-bit stereo
sound.

   Unfortunately, I see little chance of this happening.  The
Amiga 3000 will, most likely, be a bitter disappointment, and
offer few improvements to the actual chipset.  I really, really
hope Commodore proves me wrong, but I doubt they will.  Sigh.
I miss the good-old days when the Amiga blew away everything
to a $15,000 radius.  I guess I'll have to be happy with my
home computer.  It will always remain a home computer.



                               -MB-


P.S. Why doesn't Commodore purchase that small company that
markets the Amiga video transputer, and sell it as standard
hardware?  That would be just what the Amiga needs to propel it
back into prominence again.