Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!uwm.edu!csd4.csd.uwm.edu!gblock From: gblock@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Gregory R Block) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Subject: Re: Amiga OS *IS* state of the art, but the NeXT is better Message-ID: <10742@uwm.edu> Date: 3 Apr 91 23:15:24 GMT References: Sender: news@uwm.edu Reply-To: gblock@csd4.csd.uwm.edu Distribution: usa Lines: 36 Originator: gblock@csd4.csd.uwm.edu From article , by melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger): > If the Toaster only worked in the A3000... NeXTDimension will have > NTSC output. I would think that it is comparable the the Toaster. It > should be, it costs $4000. The toaster DOES work on the 3000. Now, anyways. Adapters now exist. And does it offer framebuffers? Realtime DVI? 4 video ins? A preview? Okay how nifty. Now, the big one. Does it come with the BEST 3d raytracing package on the market? How's about maybe something like "ToasterPaint"? Or perhaps yours will be slightly less usable, and maybe more on the Useless side of things. And maybe live teleconferencing won't be quite so easy on yours as it is in a real-time system like the Amiga. You give the toaster far less credit than you think. Most importantly, you don't need to buy a 4000 dollar computer to use a 4000 dollar piece of equipment. You can buy a 2000, and 7 megs of ram, and it's still good. And don't forget that the toaster only costs 1500. Something else you can't say. > > None at the moment, which could be a problem. I think it has a chance > of taking a piece of the DTP market and, with the NeXTDimension board, > part of the video market. > > -Mike And you think THAT'S the problem? I hope that the NextDimension board is more than just a toaster clone. And I hope it's at LEAST as useful. Because Next is up for a fight. No, commodore may not know how to market (yet). But you can bet your butt that NewTek does. And with the marketing lead already held by NewTek, you're in for a helluva fight. -- - gblock@csd4.csd.uwm.edu - | IBM's brain is on overload, and Apple Gregory Block | needs to be potty-trained. C= may not Toaster+Amiga=The One True DTV | be marketing geniuses, but theyre the ________________________________| best engineers I've seen... -Wubba