Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!ucsd!sdcc6!sdbio2!cleland From: cleland@sdbio2.ucsd.edu (Thomas Cleland) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Sorry Guys, There is NO WAY! Keywords: AMIGA 3000 vs NEXT Message-ID: <14616@sdcc6.ucsd.edu> Date: 1 Dec 90 09:25:09 GMT References: <16321@brahms.udel.edu> Sender: news@sdcc6.ucsd.edu Reply-To: cleland@sdbio2.ucsd.edu (Thomas Cleland) Organization: University of California, San Diego Lines: 41 Nntp-Posting-Host: sdbio2.ucsd.edu In article <16321@brahms.udel.edu> scream@brahms.udel.edu (Darren Amato) writes: >I know that this topic has been hacked over and over again, And I'm not >one to "beat a dead horse" but, There is NO WAY that the Amiga 3000 is >a better or more flexible computer than the Next. > >I just came from a Next presentation on campus and WOW! > >The only thing that the Amiga 3000 has over the new Next system is >color. > > Please don't consider this a flame. Presentations are very different from actual work. A NeXT owner may well be similarly swayed by a skilled demonstrator showing off a high-end Amiga (say, with the Toaster). I agree, the NeXT is a fascinating machine; lots of innovation. But I'm not sure what will become of it. The OS takes up an unacceptable amount of system bandwidth for many uses, though definitely not all or even most, and the UNIX industry is standardizing. SEveral professionals have indicated preference for SVR4, which brought up the names Sun and (yes) Amiga. And for non-UNIX applications, AMigaDOS will scream--a lot less bandwidth gets gobbled by the OS. It does strike me ever so often that a 68030 Amiga can outrun the devil himself while a 68030 NeXT limps along and says "just wait for the '040". But by all means get what you like the most and can do best with. But one well-done presentation doesn't make the machine. > scream -- ---- Thom Cleland "It is easier tcleland@ucsd.edu to get forgiveness Amiga User's Group at UCSD than permission"