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From: mp@ccvr1.ncsu.edu (Manoj Kumar Patel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Amiga vs NeXT
Message-ID: <1990Nov8.042716.7120@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu>
Date: 8 Nov 90 04:27:16 GMT
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In article <3965.273871dd@cc.helsinki.fi> jalkio@cc.helsinki.fi writes:
>
>Hmm. The Amiga soundchip is next to nothing for me, because it can't
>produce professional quality sound. (I make computer music.) And for me,
>the NeXT DSP is more valuable than the Amiga's "special" chips together.
>Sure, the Amiga's blitter is absent from the NeXT, but if I need
>decent color graphics, I require Iris standard graphics a'la NeXTDimension
>(but I don't need color graphics, so I will buy a mono NeXTstation).
>
>If you want not-so-expensive color graphics, the A3000 could be a good
>buy. But you only need color graphics for pictures, animation and games.

  yep - I agree, color graphics is useless for real work. Of course, so
is sound - totally useless (except for demoes and games of course).

In fact - why doesn't someone make a monochrome high horsepower machine
with no sound, graphics or expansion slots. That should cut down the
cost and still let me get real work done. Wait - I see an intel 486 box,
available NOW - yeah - great!! just what I need!!


   Seriously though - I am glad that you found a machine that suits your
needs, but don't imply that graphics are only for games - I suspect that
(currently) there are far more business and scientific applications that
use graphics than ones that use music. Not all of these require Iris
quality stuff (so no point in spending the extra to get it).

   Of course, I wouldn't mind a hi-res 24 bit board on the market, but
I suspect that I would not be able to afford one anyway. 



>not-so-expensive animation work. (And if you want really good graphics,
>NeXT is hard to beat.)
>

An Iris would beat a NeXT any day. Yes it costs more than a slab, but a
useful color capable slab costs way more than an Amy.


  I am not trying to knock the NeXT machines - they are nice machines. 
However, they are too expensive for me (I don't mean just the CPU, I
mean the package - extra drive, color, any "toys" I may need - such as
a scanner etc.).

                      Enjoy whatever machine you have,

                                                     Manoj Patel