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From: JKT100@psuvm.psu.edu (JKT)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Amiga to sell for... ?
Message-ID: <90270.192334JKT100@psuvm.psu.edu>
Date: 27 Sep 90 23:23:34 GMT
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I've seen three postings in this topic so far concerning "I'm going to
sell my Amiga and buy a 386"  or "The A2000 is priced the same as this
286 clone"...

Well, I'd like to tell those considering buying an IBM about my setup:

I own both an Amiga 2000/HD which is accelerated in no way.  I also own
a 386 clone with VGA and HD.  Both have 3 megs of memory.  Both have
2 floppies in addition to their HD's.  The 386's clock speed is 16 MHz
as opposed to the Amiga's 7 MHz.

The Amiga unquestionably outperforms the 386.  All tasks I run on both
are noticably slower on the 386.  More importantly, they are more
*difficult* on the 386.  Windows 3.0 is still kludgy, I don't care
what anyone says.

It's gotten to the point where I never use the 386.  Every time I
run something on it, I think "My Amiga can do this better...  Why
aren't I using it?"   ...and I do.

I feel like I wasted the $2000 I paid for the 386.  I'm just glad
I got a good deal and didn't pay more for this paperweight.

                                                            Kurt
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