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From: dvljhg@cs.umu.se (J|rgen Holmberg)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: A3000UX competition
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Date: 5 Dec 90 17:19:36 GMT
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In article <4153.275d0746@cc.helsinki.fi> jalkio@cc.helsinki.fi writes:
>In article <14712@sdcc6.ucsd.edu>, cleland@sdbio2.ucsd.edu (Thomas Cleland) writes:
>> In article <4136.275af61c@cc.helsinki.fi> jalkio@cc.helsinki.fi writes:
>> 
>> 68030 is not 68040.  Don't compare platforms running different
>> chips.  It's stupid.  The 68040 is finally shipping, both NeXT
>> and Amiga will have them, the NeXT will probably have them
>> on the motherboards first, fine.  
>
>I think that you should only compare products that are:
>
>AVAILABLE and IN ABOUT THE SAME PRICE RANGE
>
>I am not very interested in comparing the 68040 A3000UX until it exists.

What bout this then. Compare an A3000 with an accelerator card to a Next.
The A3000 is available now. It has a huge software base ( not vaporware
like most sw for the Next ). The OS takes only 2 megs of harddisk space.
The environment is fast, multitasking and user-friendly.

>
>And as it seems that 68030 A3000UX is about the same price that 68040
>NeXT it is not difficult to decide which one to take (for me!). There is
>nothing very special in the A3000UX, after all. (I don't care for a
>forthcoming "the only right thing" Unix you were talking about.)
>
>				Jouni

The Next is a good machine but since you want comparison I will give it to you.
Acorn Archimedes A3000. The machine is right up there with the Next and the
Amiga 3000 in performance. The machine is cheaper than any of them ( around
$3000 without discount ). There is NO software base but you don't care, right?

Jorgen
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