Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!ub!ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu!v125lqbx From: v125lqbx@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu (Brian T McColpin) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Subject: Re: Amiga vs. Mac Message-ID: <64593@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU> Date: 12 Mar 91 02:41:23 GMT References: <1991Mar10.192823.30103@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> <1991Mar10.204119.22113@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu> <4210.27db9aac@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu> Sender: news@acsu.Buffalo.EDU Reply-To: v125lqbx@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu Organization: University at Buffalo Lines: 21 Nntp-Posting-Host: ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.3-4.5 In article <4210.27db9aac@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu>, rlcollins@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu (Ryan 'Gozar' Collins) writes... > >To the market the A500 and classic is geared to, speed is not an issue, >only ease of use and marketbility. The Classic is ideal for education due >to the fact that it is compact and very easy to network. > >Logically, to the new computer user, could you really recommend an Amiga >500 over a Mac Classic? (especially a computer neophyte?) Yes. Conditionally: A friend (computer neophyte) asked me to recommend a computer for word processing, playing games, and "maybe" learning some programming. I ended up giving him a rundown of the various advantages (as best I could determine) of the IBM PC, the Mac, and the Amiga. He decided he wanted an Amiga. He liked it so much that I bought one too. :-) Then another friend did. Another will soon. They're all -really- happy with their choice. Yes, I'd recommend it to a neophyte, if (s)he has the desire to get over the learning curve and use the real power of the machine.