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From: andyb@tardis.wimsey.bc.ca (Andy Babinszki)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Macs are great...but [Amigas are better?]
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Date: 11 Feb 91 16:23:10 GMT
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In article <1991Jan19.040432.21738@cs.dal.ca>, graham@ug.cs.dal.ca (Michael Graham) writes:
> I've had a Mac Plus for almost 5 yrs now and Iove it. I have 4 megs
> of RAM and 65 megs of HD space.
> Anyway - some of my friends have Amigas - one has an Amiga 
> 3000. They keep extolling the virtues of their machines and the
> inadiquacies of mine - all the way up  to the IIfx.
> [deletions...]
> etc etc etc etc...
> 
> I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE!!!!!!    HELP!!!!!!
> RSVP ASAP
> 
> mike
> 
> ps - memory management....ARGGGGGGGGG......
> 
> 

I haven't heard much about Amigas lately.  Can someone give a brief synopsis of the
features of the current models & OS?

If I were to look into getting the biggest bang for the buck, including multitasking,
memory management, etc ... a used Silicon Graphics Personal Iris 3030 can be had at
a reasonable price.  It comes with some impressive 3-D applications.  It runs UNIX,
SGI graphical windowing system, comes with a 17" 1024X768 colour monitor and is about
half the size of a normal filing cabinet.  A couple of them were auctioned off locally
for ~$1300 CDN.  Pound for pound there is nothing more impressive as a centrpiece in
the living room! :-)

Andy.

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Andy Babinszki - andyb@tardis.wimsey.bc.ca