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From: Dennis_Grant@CMR001.BITNET
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Macs etc.
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Date: 17 Oct 90 14:31:31 GMT
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(Wow! My first post to CSA generates mail from Marc and a post from Dave
 Haynie! Two celebrities in one blow! Now I can die happy.)
:)    :)    :)

     Please be patient with me when it comes to answering posts. This mega-
archaic MAIL program doesn't do quotes.

     Dave Haynie writes:
>Bad,wicked,evil analogy. A Miata and a Chevette are day and night
>different. [stuff deleted]

    Not really when you look at the mechanicals. Both are 4-cylinder, low
displacement, front-drive small cars. Even (if I recall correctly) the
suspension is comparable. (Although the Mazda has better tires) The biggest
difference, styling aside, is that the Chevette can carry two more people.
:)

(Mr. Haynie, take a look at my sig. There is a Chevelle Laguna behind that
 motto. Wanna race? :) )

     More seriously,
>The A3000, as shipped, supports higher resolution than any Mac straight
>from Apple.

     Good point, and very true, but how many A3000's have been sold? I'd
love to have one, but I can't afford it. (yet) And as the A3000 is price
compareable to the Macs, wouldn't it be better to have that advantage in
the cheaper machines as well? (A500,2000)

     Incidently, why didn't the A3000 add an extra bitplane? I seem to
recall an allowance for one in the OS. (no flame, just curiosity)

>Which is of course why there is a shiny new Workbench to look at.

     I'm looking foward to seeing it.

     As a footnote to this, this morning I was listening to CHOM FM,
and the morning show announcer was falling all over himself telling
Montreal just how good the new Apple computer TV commercial was.
Something to the effect of "it makes you want to jump out of your
chair and yell "Yeah!"" The power of advertising, what?


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