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From: dtiberio@csserv2.ic.sunysb.edu (David Tiberio)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: Amiga vs. Mac
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Date: 18 Mar 91 18:53:33 GMT
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In article <1991Mar10.192823.30103@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita) writes:
>In article <jimb.3408@amiglynx.UUCP> jimb@amiglynx.UUCP (Jim Bednar) writes:
>>
>>  The mac classic costs nowhere around the price of a amiga.. A classic lists
>>for $999.00 and the Amiga 500 lists for $850.00.. Get your facts straight..
>>And why buy a Classic when an AMIGA can emulate it, hell it can emulate just
>>about every computer on the market.. Ok. Lets move on.. How much is a decent
>>frame buffer for the Mac? about 4000-5000 bux.. For the Amiga? you have many
>>choises like DCTV $400.00 Firecracker24 $1400.00 Toaster $1500.00..
>>
>> FOR ALL YOU PEOPLE THINKING OF BUYING MAC'S GO TO YOUR NEAREST AMIGA DEALER
>>AND PICK YOURSELF UP A REAL COMPUTER...
>>
>>Jim
>
>	Time to put some realism back into this discussion. No
>matter how much I like my Amiga, the Mac is not so far behind
>that we can dismiss it so easily as Jim Bednar did. The Mac
>Classic sells for about $750 on educational pricing. You can get
>it with 2MB of RAM and a 40MB HD for $1,200 or so on educational
>pricing. The A500 doesn't even compare to that price. If you get
>an A500 with A590, for the same price you get 1MB of RAM and a
>20MB HD.

  I have an A500, 40 mb hard drive, and a 6 meg expansion board, with NO
educational discounts, which cost me $500 + $420 + $400 ... not bad.

>	-- Ethan
>
>
>	Upon leaving office, Ronald Reagan began renting an
>office in the penthouse of the Fox Plaza, the Los Angeles
>high-rise used as the location for the terrorist movie "Die
>Hard".