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From: jerry@truevision.com (Jerry Thompson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Amiga 2000 v. 386 VGA
Message-ID: <432@epicb.com>
Date: 29 Sep 90 14:53:41 GMT
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In article <90271.191138UH2@psuvm.psu.edu> UH2@psuvm.psu.edu (Lee Sailer) writes:
>
>This is very nice to hear, since today I played with a 386 VGA Windows3.0
>rig and it sure seemed to feel good.
>
>Could you do us all a favor and elaborate a little on the types of things
>you do that you find better on the Amiga than on the 386?  What is
>kludgey about Windows?  Give us some specific bullets we can use when arguing
>over beer about computers....

No pull down screens! :-)   Windows 3.0 isn't as snappy.  Comparing a 25Mhz
386 machine to a 7Mhz A500, I find all operations faster on the Amiga and
window redraws especially faster on the Amiga.  Since MS-DOS files don't 
have .info type files, there doesn't seem to be any way to double-click on
files to fire up an editor, or other default program.  There is no file
management capability like I have with SID.  No do-everything-macro-key
program like Mach II (or dmouse).  There are very serious problems running
MS-DOS programs under Windows 3.0.  I can't get DOS to come up in a window
even though I know you can do this.  Actually, Windows 3.0 does have a 
windows-within-windows capability which you can use like Amiga screens.
And the other software will be there someday.  I just hope I'm not there to
see it :-).  After using MS-DOS (even with a decent shell), I am thrilled to 
have Windows 3.0.  I feel so pathetic!  Hopefully, I will have a 3000 monday 
(oh please, oh please) and won't have to deal with it again.

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