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From: griffin@frith.uucp (Danny Griffin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: Amigas, Unix and WorkStations: Comparisons anyone?
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Date: 15 Feb 91 05:56:46 GMT
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AXN100@psuvm.psu.edu writes:

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>        Like I said before, and will probably say again, there are very
>    few people who need to purchase new computers.  Most "out of date"
>    computers are still useable.  The only reason to "upgrade" is to keep up
>    with the Joneses, and to defend youself in a flame war. 

Out of date computers are still usable -- meaning what?  That they still 
work?  If your Sinclair sits around with dust on it then maybe you should
think twice about spending several thousand dollars on another computer.
However, if you actually *use* the thing, and can afford to upgrade, you'd
be silly not to.  How much is your time worth?  Apparently not very much.
PageStream cries out for something faster than my stock A2000.  And I need
all the ram I can fit in it to multitask effectively.  If I didn't have 7
MB of ram I couldn't have WordPerfect and PageStream up working together,
VLT capturing messages or transfering files, and Imagine working on the
latest engineering design animation all at the same time.  Not to mention
the normal background stuff like GOMF, cron, dmouse, ad nauseum.  I need
an A3000!

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>        Then again I could be way off the mark.

Light years.


 
--
Dan Griffin
griffin@frith.egr.msu.edu