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From: dvljhg@cs.umu.se (J|rgen Holmberg)
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Subject: Re: Sorry Guys, There is NO WAY!
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Date: 7 Dec 90 15:40:10 GMT
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In article <4166.275e7c73@cc.helsinki.fi> jalkio@cc.helsinki.fi writes:
>In article <1990Dec5.194205.16892@sbcs.sunysb.edu>, dtiberio@libws3.ic.sunysb.edu (David Tiberio) writes:
>> 
>> 
>> IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, THE AMIGA 3000 HAS A FULL SOCKET 
>> 
>> When the 68040 is out, it should pop right in to where the 68030 was.
>
>But will Commodore give it to you for nothing?
>> 
>> When this happens, the Amiga 3000 will run at 15-20 MIPS, will not require
>> the slow 68882, etc. Don't compare a 68030 with a 68040!
>> 
>> You wanna argue some more? My Amiga 500 is way faster than my C64! 
>> 
>
>Of course it is, Amiga 500 is more expensive and came out after the C64. But
>how can you explain that A3000UX is more expensive (as it seems now)
>than a NeXTStation - even if A3000UX is launched later (and has 68030
>instead of 68040 etc.)?
>
>This is the whole point of me staying in this argument. As it seems that
>you don't care what you pay for your machine, only if it is an Amiga -
>and nothing can change that - I am getting fed up with this.
>
>
>				Jouni

I have used amigados for years, it is FUN. The machine makes me want to learn
more. I am sure the Next is an interesting machine but it is way to expensive
for a normal user. The low end Amiga500 is a very good machine and the A3000
is a very good top-of-the-line machine. Price/performance are sure to change
before the release of the 3000UX/3500. The next is not a complete line of
models if you want to compete head to head with the amiga line of personal
computers. The next line is competing against Sun, Apollo, IBM/RISC6000 and
other workstation manufacturers. Amiga users are generally computer literate
enough to know about the next and checking it out if they need a workstation.
If you really want to preach about how amazing your machine ( I assume you
have one... ) is then do so in a less computer literate group than
comp.sys.amiga. ( comp.sys.mac and comp.sys.ibm-pc comes to mind :-)

Jorgen
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