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From: 6600prao@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu (Parik Rao)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: Why buy an Amiga?
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Date: 21 Feb 91 00:22:10 GMT
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 Here are some factors to consider.  I own a Apple
(IIgs), IBM (286/12 and 386/33), and amigas (500 &
2000) and have had them all for a while and can
program (ineptly :-) on them too... 
 
1] IBM programs are more common than dirt.  They
turn up everywhere, they do everything.  THey don't
do it well, they don't do it fast, they don't do it
easily, but they do it.  A turbocharged vw-bug, if
you will.
 
2] If you buy an amiga, be prepared to open up your
creative side.  You may run into a few walls, you
may have to write some of your own programs, you may
have to go to some crazy places to get info/progs.
I've found however that if you want something done,
and you want it done in the "whizbangest" fashion
(ie, heavy on graphics & sound) the amiga will blow
you away.  But its not always at arms length...
 
3] A macintosh is for those of us who hate to look
at computer moniters and want to get something done
*FAST*.  You get in, you get out.  Personally, I
like to spend more time with a project so I don't
like using macs.
 
 
Anyways, look at what you wanna do.  If you wish to
write a game, work with graphics/sound/animation, or
just hack around get an amiga.  If you want to run
things OTHER people wrote, I think a IBM will work
well.  If you loathe computers get a macintosh.
 
BUT, as you're a CS major, I'd recommend nothing
LESS than a 386/33 (IBM), a amiga 2000, or a Mac
IIsi (Mac).  Of course you can get a 486, a 3000, or
a IIfx/cx, but i don't know your budget.  Anything
less than the above can be frustrating.


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Parik Rao, University of California Santa Barbara
6600prao@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu