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From: djm@pro-odyssey.cts.com (David McDowell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Macs are great...but [Amigas are better?]
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Date: 17 Feb 91 03:56:08 GMT
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In-Reply-To: message from andyb@tardis.wimsey.bc.ca

Amigas I have some knowledge about since I'm around an Amiga 2000HD everyday.
The Amiga is not a bad machine (I can hear the complaints now :)) but what it
is, is mismanaged for lack of a better word. The Amiga line could have been
the better computer than a Macintosh but the fact is Commodore didn't put much
thought into them. They even went so far as to design a card to slide into the
back of a 3000 only to realize that they designed the card TOO BIG!!
The Amiga has a load of games that are really, really good. The operating
system takes a little getting used to (almost half command-line and Half GUI).
The word processors are lousy, simply put. The graphics programs are fine as
long as you don't want any kind of real PostScript quality(the sophistication
is way below programs like Illustrator 3.0, Quark XPress for page layout etc.)
So, if you're on a limited budget and like really good games and above average
animation, go with an Amiga.
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