Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!ucsd!dog.ee.lbl.gov!lbl.gov!jnmoyne
From: jnmoyne@lbl.gov (Jean-Noel MOYNE)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Some MAC and Amiga Comparisons.
Message-ID: <7613@dog.ee.lbl.gov>
Date: 16 Oct 90 20:50:25 GMT
Sender: usenet@dog.ee.lbl.gov
Organization: Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
Lines: 27
X-Local-Date: Tue, 16 Oct 90 13:50:25 PDT
References:<33538@nigel.ee.udel.edu> <38313@ut-emx.uucp>



    An other point you missed is: memory ! Amigas need memory .. but Macs 
need much more memory. On a IIsi you need a least 4 megabytes of memory to 
do domething, and you're allways running out of memory. Again if you want 
multitasking, Apple says: for system 7.0 you'll need at least 4 Mb to run 
the system, and more likely 8 Mb to work well.

    On the Amiga, the 3000 comes with 2 Mb (yes, I hope I don't say 
somerhing wrong), and you can do a lot of things with 2 Mb on a Amiga, 
you'll be more likely to upgrade it to 4 Mb if you want to work seriously, 
but that's it ! even with the multitasking you really won't need more 
unless you do specific applications (like intesive graphics & so, but 
you'll need memory as well for the Mac). And here goes the price of the 
memory for the 2 machines.

    I agree however that Apple made a big step by reducing it's 
traditionally too high prices. I agree too that the Amiga really lacks a 
high resolution 8 bitplanes card  _from COMMODORE_
but at the same price, for multimedia, the Amiga is still ahead the mac. 
Too bad not so many people know it ...

      JNM

--
These are my own ideas (not LBL's)
" Just make it!", BO in 'BO knows Unix'