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Subject: Re: Mac and Amiga (Games--Macintosh vs A500)
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Date: 8 Mar 91 19:19:12 GMT
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I shouldn't begin on this thread, and I will not say much. I am about to do
a little unbacked up Mac bashing.

All these people who talk about the benefits of a Mac. Sure, it's cute, but
there is no real difference, IMHO, between the Mac 'OS' and Workbench. The
Mac's looks a little better, but it can sometimes be a pain to use, just
because of low responsiveness sometimes.

On the other hand, opposite the Mac, is a useful computer, the IBM/clones(even
though clones will be gone and the prices will go back up way out of my price
range). The IBM runs much better software, has better hardware, etc. just
because it has a MUCH wider spread. This has been IBM's success, the non
patenting, which will all change, now. Sure, you don't have menu's and stuff,
unless you have windows, which is IBM's standard poor imitation of an Amiga,\
but dos is still extremely easy to use.

Then you slide back over to the middle. This is where you find the Amiga. The
Amiga(maybe not the 500 as much, but look at the XT's out at the time) rests
fairly in the middle. It also has the problem of being run by one company, but
its low cost opens it to everyone. It has the best features of the IBM with
the good feature of the MAC, the graphic interface.

So this is how I place the three computers:

Mac: Minor applications stuff for not-necessarily-gifted people in departments
	of corporations.
IBM: Hardcore business applications and programming for businesses and
	corporations.
Amiga: Multimedia businesses and most important in my case, the Home.

(note: this does not include the good computers like mini's and mainframes)
(further note: this is off the top of my head)

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