Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!uflorida!gatech!prism!ccastcr From: ccastcr@prism.gatech.EDU (Russo, Chris A.) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc Subject: Re: Surely a IIFX blows an Amiga 3000 away, right? Message-ID: <15036@hydra.gatech.EDU> Date: 11 Oct 90 20:22:48 GMT References: <1990Oct10.222343.8737@hoss.unl.edu> <1990Oct11.002137.11988@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> <1990Oct11.031828.452@wam.umd.edu> Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology Lines: 15 It's really sad that the Amiga 1000 blows all of the Macs away in one important area. >>Animation speed<< It breaks my heart to see my friend's $1500 system move windows around, run games, and perform the 100 thousand other tasks needed to run a graphical interface - about a billion times faster than my $5000 box. I don't know if I can speak for the 8*24GC board -inexpensive tho it is- but from what I heard, it still isn't good enough. -- Russo, Chris A. Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332 uucp: ...!{decvax,hplabs,ncar,purdue,rutgers}!gatech!prism!ccastcr Internet: ccastcr@prism.gatech.edu