Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!emory!hubcap!ddyer From: ddyer@hubcap.clemson.edu (Doug) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: forwarded posting: next vs. amiga Message-ID: <11300@hubcap.clemson.edu> Date: 31 Oct 90 21:43:09 GMT References: <54976@brunix.UUCP> Organization: Clemson University, Clemson, SC Lines: 68 ajb@cs.brown.edu (Atul Butte) writes: >Forwarded posting from Jonathan.Kruger@uc780.umd.edu >----------------------------------------------------------------- >Greetings, >I am really getting tired of people arguing about the NeXT and >the Mac. I would like to suggest a more interesting line of >discussion, specifically: > How does the NeXT stack up against the Amiga? >I know that there are a lot of people that have about $4000 to >spend on a personal system, and are REALLY at a loss about >which machine to invest in. >I saw someone ask this question a few weeks back, but I never >saw any response... Please direct your responses to the list, >as I'd like to see it bounce back and forth for a while... >Thanks for any useful information that you can provide. >KRUGERJ@UC780.bitnet (preferred) >Jonathan.Kruger@uc780.umd.edu Yes, the NeXT and AMIGA are closer cousins. I went with the A3000/16 (16mhz) and will later upgrade to the 68040 with clock (so the entire system will go at 25mhz - there is no difference between the 16 and 25 models). Both machines have a great looking GUI and true multitasking (both are effective MAC killers, as someone mentioned somewhere :) I come from an IBM background (sorry) and so I had to really study all the options (MAC was eliminated VERY early). I will eat the 16mhz performance until the 68040 comes along. That was the first hurtle (and saves a lot of $$ needed now). I've mentioned in various places that expandability is a safe thing to have, and that is a strike against the pizzaboxes. This includes color. Although the A3000 is not deinterlaced at the high level, there are rock-steady high productivity resolutions and all machines come with color. You really need a bus unless you are linked onto a net (which is my guess why the NeXTStatons come with an ethernet card...THIN wired only??). I also can't afford what UNIX wants. Memory and disk space. Much memory. Much diskspace. The AMIGA OS2.0 has far less demands than UNIX and still has nice things such as a unix-like cli. Another big issue is software. Amiga has incredible amounts of PD software. It also has wonderful professional graphics packages. All software, except the top of the line work, is affordable (I mean, Amiga is reaching UP, not DOWN, so the affordable software base is there). Want and afford UNIX, study the NeXT. Want an AMIGA? Good. The NeXT and Amiga are both great machines, but skewed to different markets. I do know about NeXTDimension, but you need a bus for this right? Anyway for my tastes, I want the AMIGA for my personal use. Will I get flammed for this? Well, slap a big IMHO for the NeXT and AMIGA evangelists who will tear this up. So long, Doug -- ---------------------------------//------------------------------------- Doug Dyer Clemson University // "Splunge!" - MP ddyer@hubcap.clemson.edu \\ // -----------------------------\X/----------------------------------------