Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cbmvax!bagate!rutgers!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!python.cis.ohio-state.edu!mitroo From: mitroo@python.cis.ohio-state.edu (varun mitroo) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: A3000UX competition Message-ID: <86585@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> Date: 5 Dec 90 19:11:03 GMT References: <6057@crash.cts.com> Sender: news@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu Reply-To: varun mitroo Organization: Ohio State University Computer and Information Science Lines: 20 In article eachus@linus.mitre.org (Robert I. Eachus) writes: >machine you see first, after playing with the Toaster, I almost fell >asleep at the NeXT demo. If NeXT thinks that it is capable of running >in the same league they had better think again. :-) This is exactly the point that many people have missed. There is no way that the NeXT can compare hardware or software-wise with the amiga in terms of video. You can run a NewTek Demo Reel on a stock 500 and not be able to on a NeXT. The two computers are different machines for different tasks. NeXT is releasing a high end graphics board with 32 bits/pixel and an i860 processor in 1991 (with 8 bits alpha). It also includes a JPEG compression chip. This board sounds amazing for video work, but there will still be a long time before software is made to fully utilize it. The amiga is a far better choice for this. > > Robert I. Eachus Varun Mitroo mitroo@cis.ohio-state.edu