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From: es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Amiga outclassed
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Date: 10 Apr 90 07:20:08 GMT
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In article <11025@bsu-cs.bsu.edu> mseidle@bsu-cs.bsu.edu (Mike Seidle) writes:
>	It was better than MS-DOS (what isn't ?)-but PC **ix it cannot touch 
>	It had the "look and feel" of a toy.  It also seemed to be
>	slow w/ disk IO. Judging by the NeXT's OS, CBM could have a
>	legit. PROFESSIONAL system if their port of UNIX is decent.

	Most professional users of Amigas own flicker-fixers and
operate the workbench in interlace mode (with a 400 vertical
resolution). Granted it isn't SunView, but it is definitely not a
toy. I look at it this way: it isn't visually beautiful or
perfectly clean but it is very flexible and EXTREMELY responsive.
There is very little waiting or sluggishness to be seen.
	-- Ethan

Ethan Solomita: es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu

"If Commodore had to market sushi they'd call it `raw cold fish'"
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