Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!uunet!mcsun!ukc!edcastle!cs.ed.ac.uk!db From: db@cs.ed.ac.uk (Dave Berry) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Amiga Competitiveness. Message-ID: <462@skye.cs.ed.ac.uk> Date: 26 Sep 90 17:21:09 GMT References: <31531@nigel.ee.udel.edu> <60335@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu> Sender: nnews@cs.ed.ac.uk Reply-To: db@lfcs.ed.ac.uk (Dave Berry) Organization: Laboratory for the Foundations of Computer Science, Edinburgh U Lines: 45 In article <60335@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu> amhartma@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Andy Hartman - AmigaMan) writes: > >I wish Marc were gone. I wish Marc were gone. I wish Marc were gone. Why? Are you trying to ignore the facts? I'm currently looking for a new 16-bit computer I'm attracted to the Amiga. I would prefer a 2000 to a 500, because it's easier to expand. But look at the folloowing price comparisons: Amiga 500: 470 pounds (with 3rd-party upgrade to 1M). Amiga 2000: 880 pounds. 400 pounds extra for basically the same computer ??? Amiga 2000 + Multisync monitor + 20M HD: 1550 pounds. Olivetti PCS 286, VGA graphics + 20M HD + Windows v3: 1590 pounds. And with the Amiga I can't even use the hi-res modes unless I buy a flicker-fixer (350 pounds) or wait until I can buy the Enchanced Chip Set (with gives me only 4 colours!). Obviously the Amiga has some advantages over the 286 machine (better built-in sound, better built-in animation support, slightly better OS, easier to program, possibly easier to expand). But it's slower, has worse screen resolution, has less software, and isn't "industry standard". If the 2000 cost 200 pounds less, then the extra expansion capability would seem worth it. I could put the 200 quid saved towards a flicker-fixer so that the graphics would be comparable to the 286 machine for only 100 pounds more. This is not an idle exercise. It is the information that I'm using to decide which computer to buy. Feel free to correct any false assumptions. By the way, these prices don't include an educational discount. I believe that I can get a discount on either machine. -- Dave Berry, LFCS, Edinburgh Uni. db%lfcs.ed.ac.uk@nsfnet-relay.ac.uk Snuffsaidbutgorblimeyguvstonemeifhedidn'tthrowawobblerchachachachachacha chachachachachayou'regoinghomeinacosmicambience.