Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!uc!noc.MR.NET!msi.umn.edu!umeecs!umich!caen!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!emory!wuarchive!julius.cs.uiuc.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!dino!news.iastate.edu!skank From: skank@iastate.edu (Skank George L) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: The Amiga Message-ID: <1990Oct20.071656.15001@news.iastate.edu> Date: 20 Oct 90 07:16:56 GMT References: <33768@nigel.ee.udel.edu> Sender: usenet@news.iastate.edu (USENET News Poster) Reply-To: skank@iastate.edu (Skank George L) Organization: Iowa State University Lines: 15 In article <33768@nigel.ee.udel.edu> AAW151%URIACC.BITNET@brownvm.brown.edu (Andy Patrizio) writes: >There has been a great deal of neurosis lately over the Amiga, what with >the new Mac line and such... so I'm gonna do a little soap-boxing. > >Hardware-wise, this machine is easily the most impressive and has the best >capabilities on the market. Mac is a bloated, expensive slug. Computer >Shopper really let 'em have it when they said only Apple could slow down the >68000 processor. Talking about the release of the Mac Classic, I know two people who won't buy it because it is so slow. Maybe this is really a blessing in disguise, maybe this will turn into a huge marketing flop for Apple and they will lose a ton of money (yah, I know, but you've got to dream...). --George