Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!pons.cis.ohio-state.edu!tj From: tj@pons.cis.ohio-state.edu (Todd R Johnson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Some MAC and Amiga Comparisons. Message-ID: <84888@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> Date: 17 Oct 90 00:13:56 GMT References: <33538@nigel.ee.udel.edu> <11388@life.ai.mit.edu> Sender: news@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu Reply-To: Todd R Johnson Organization: Ohio State University Computer and Information Science Lines: 35 >>Even with lower priced Mac's, Mac software is expensive. So unless your >>a pirate, buying a cheaper system wont help you much. Microsoft Word is much better than any Amiga WYSIWIG word processor. With the educational discount I paid $69. For $75 I bought a program that manages references and automatically formats and inserts them into the Word docuement by scanning the document. With the educational discount MacDraw II costs $45, Canvas $160, Adobe Illustrator $265. Various spreadsheets like Excel, and Wingz are priced at around a $100. My point is that as a student I can get much better software for the Mac at much lower prices than inferior Amiga software. When you compare power you need to look at software. The fastest machine in the world is useless without the right software for the job. My Amiga is excellent for TeX, games, and animation. My Mac is good at doing the things that I need to do almost every day. Sure, the Mac is terrible at multi-tasking, and the hardware is boring, but it does the jobs that I need to do. That's the bottom line. Finally, the Mac is easier to use. For non-techie students, this is a big plus. ---Todd -- Todd R. Johnson tj@cis.ohio-state.edu Laboratory for AI Research The Ohio State University