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From: es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita)
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Subject: Re: Mac and Amiga (Games--Macintosh vs A500)
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Date: 4 Mar 91 18:59:56 GMT
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In article <98707@unix.cis.pitt.edu> tesst4@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Tobish E Smith) writes:
>Wow.  Bet you're going to get a lot of replies on this one!  Anyway, my
>roommate had an Amiga 2000 w/ 40 meg HD and I have a Mac II (8 meg RAM,
>100 meg HD).  My personal feelings after using his extensively is that
>the Amgia just doesn't _feel_ right.  I don't know how to quantify this.
>Hardware-wise, I thought, "Wow, maybe I made a mistake," since the Amiga
>cost so much less.  But then I used the thing.  A feeling of amateurishness
>pervaded the entire system: the keyboard, the mouse, the operating system,
>the speed of the hard drive.  After using it, I realized _why_ the Mac costs
>so much more.  I would have killed for this machine when I was in high school,

	The person may have bought a very cheap 40MB HD, but the
one that Commodore sells is a 19ms Quantum and the speed is
excellent. Depending on how old the HD/controller of your
roommate's was, or cheap, that could've affected it.
	The mouse and keyboard are personally taste, but a lot of
people like them and a lot of people don't. Those are things that
just can't satisfy everyone. Too personal.
	As to the OS, 2.0 has been out on 3000s and for
developers since last summer and should be burned into rom for
all Amigas this spring.
	-- Ethan


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