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From: huebner@en.ecn.purdue.edu (Robert E. Huebner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: AMIGA
Message-ID: <1991Jan10.184122.26886@en.ecn.purdue.edu>
Date: 10 Jan 91 18:41:22 GMT
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In article <4378@mindlink.UUCP> a577@mindlink.UUCP (Curt Sampson) writes:
>Well, I suppose it depends on whether you get educational discounts or not.
>For $4500 (Canadian) I can get a NeXT with better graphics (though no colour
>:-(), a bettter OS (BSD 4.3), better sound and amazingly more CPU horsepower
>and Ethernet built in.

Some of the Commodore bundles will have ethernet included.  By making part
of the standard package a LOT of people are paying for hardware they'll
never use.  Of course the "better OS" is definitely a matter of opinion.

>Alternatively, I can get an IBM with better graphics,
>more CPU power and more memory and hard drive space for an equivalant price to
>any Amiga.  And again, I can, for a nominal charge, grab a copy of 386BSD and
>be running a decent OS on it.

Oh please.  Have you ever tried to really USE 386BSD on an IBM?  Its one of
those ideas that sounds good on paper but won't get any work done.

>The Amiga is a reasonable machine, but pricewise
>it just doesn't complete.

Hmmmm.. I was under the impression that Amiga UNIX prices haven't been
announced yet?  Or are you privy to information the rest of us lack.

-- 
| Robert E. Huebner                   | "Death is nature's way of telling  |
| huebner@en.ecn.purdue.edu           |  you to slow down"                 |
| huebner@aerospace.aero.org          |   - Unknown Author                 |