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From: consp11@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu (Brett L. Kessler)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: MultiMedia in PC-Week
Message-ID: <4052@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu>
Date: 18 Sep 90 23:31:55 GMT
Reply-To: consp11@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu (Brett L. Kessler)
Organization: SUNY Binghamton, NY
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I was just flipping through the August 13 issue of PC-Week, when I
came across a small article on multimedia on page 120.  As I read the
text of the article (a small portion of which I'll include after), my
jaw literally fell open.

	     "Last week [AutoDesk Inc., of CAD fame] launched a new
	multimedia business unit along with a new _low-cost_ [emphasis
	is mine] animation package, called 3D Studio.
	     The $2,995 package will let 386 users create 3-D graphics
	and snazzy special effects, such as cartoons and floating
	logos....
	     Although 3D Studio lacks sound capabilities...."

Do you see why my jaw dropped?  The "LOW COST" multimedia package THAT
HAS NO SOUND CAPABILITY costs MORE than my entire computer system!

AND THE AMIGA DOES MORE!  Sometimes I just can't understand the way
this industry works.  I can't understand why CBM in general is still
living down an awful reputation!  (And the fact that the awful
reputation was based on the best-selling computer of all time, the
C64, is anoth bit of irony to me.)

Please help me understand this.  Before I put my head through a window
or something.  (* Sigh. *)

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