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From: rjc@geech.ai.mit.edu (Ray Cromwell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: Mac and Amiga (Games--Macintosh vs A500)
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Date: 11 Mar 91 23:27:12 GMT
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In article <45435@ut-emx.uucp> awessels@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Allen Wessels) writes:
>In article <1991Mar10.182432.9314@magnus.ircc.ohio-state.edu> mitroo@magnus.ircc.ohio-state.edu (Varun Mitroo) writes:
>
>>PS - When was the last time Apple actually came out with anything innovative
>>rather than a rehash of old technology?  What other company is bringing a new
>>product with a 68000 in it for $1000?
>
>What utter bullshit.  Go post in forum where you know something about what 
>you're talking.  Apple is selling you a machine with a 512k ROM, good
>sound output, built-in networking, hi-density floppy drive, SCSI interface,
>and and extensible keyboard/mouse bus for list price of $1000 (who pays list?)
>
>Please describe to me the comparable product you were thinking of.

A500 $500
TrumpCard SCSI $170
Color Monitor $200
AE High Density Drive (1.56mb) $189

Total-$1050
Missing:AppleSlowTalk networking. Who wants it. Take your pick of 
Amiga ethernet boards, Dec,TSS net, Amiganet, Parnet, etc.

Advantages: Built in multitasking operating system. Color output with
hardware sprites, a blitter chip for animation, NTSC composite compatible,
COPPER Coprocessor, Built in Stereo with VARIABLE dma allowing you
to change the pitch/frequency of digitized sample and play songs
with ZERO processor intervention, 2 disk drives, HIGH SPEED SCSI
controller(DMA),  built in keyboard, expansion slot, mouse.

The Mac Classic is B&W, 9" monitor.

Disadvantages: The Amiga isn't backed by a multibillion dollar
gluttonous unscrupulous corperation with bad business practices like
trying to copyright intuitive concepts.