Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!sdd.hp.com!news.cs.indiana.edu!arizona.edu!arizona!dave From: dave@cs.arizona.edu (Dave P. Schaumann) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc Subject: Re: Amiga vs. Mac Message-ID: <1131@caslon.cs.arizona.edu> Date: 12 Mar 91 00:54:07 GMT References: <1991Mar10.192823.30103@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> <1991Mar10.204119.22113@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu> <4210.27db9aac@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu> Followup-To: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Organization: U of Arizona CS Dept, Tucson Lines: 29 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, Bull. Speed is *always* an issue. Period. That is why reseach money is constantly being spent on hardware and algorithm development. Motorola could probably sell the 68040 for an order of magnatude (or more!) less if anyone wanted a 1Mhz 68040. If someone tells you the speed of his computer is not an issue, he is either such a neophyte user that he has yet to tax the CPU of his computer, or he is lying. The wonderful thing about computers is that they give you the ability to do amazing things. The other side of the coin is thatthey also reveal to you the things you could do if you had just a few more megs of ram, or a slightly faster CPU. >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?) Certainly. Workbench on the Amiga is every bit as easy(*) to use as the Maciintosh. (*) Easier, really, since when you get to the point where you really need some *power*, you can click that icon that says "Shell". :-) -- Dave Schaumann | dave@cs.arizona.edu | Short .sig's rule!