Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!emory!gatech!hubcap!ncrcae!ncr-sd!crash!nusdecs!nusjecs!ozonebbs!vsolanoy From: vsolanoy@ozonebbs.UUCP (Victor Solanoy) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Subject: Re: 512k amigas Message-ID: Date: 3 Apr 91 18:36:45 GMT References: <63G*y+d1@cs.psu.edu> Distribution: usa Organization: The ()zone BBS, +1 408 223 1738 Lines: 40 melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger) writes: > > In article vsolanoy@ozonebbs.UUCP (Victor Solanoy > As far as software is concerned, I'd be more willing to buy Amiga software > if the overall quality and 'standardness' really starts coming into play. > find myself turning to the IBM realm for high quality software, although I > do have to admit that there are software packages for the Amiga that reall > can't be seen in other computers.... > > I don't suppose you have considered the NeXT? Runs PC software in a > window, runs Unix software, and it runs X windows. Supported by major > software companies like Adobe, Lotus, Wingz, Quark, FrameMaker, and > Word Perfect plus thousands of zealots on the internet :-). > > If Lotus came out with 1-2-3 for the Amiga, I may actually buy it. > Mathematica or similar programs (MAPLE) is another type of package I'm > interested in... unfortunately, to no avail, these packages aren't > available.... > > Mathematica comes free with the NeXT if you buy it through a > university. I imagine the 386 version of Mathematica (only version > that runs on DOS machines) will cost you a pretty penny. You just > missed the free Lotus Improv deal that ended today, but you still get > the best computer for the money in the industry. > > -Mike Sorry to include the whole deal... but I have to tell you that I considered the NeXTstation (educational price of coarse) for a while (since I don't play video games it really doesn't matter which machine I get). Actually, what's funny is that I got my Amiga about a year ago, less than a year later, I bought an IBM type machine because of certain weaknesses of the Amiga. I've had been in the MS-DOS world for a long while before getting my Amiga, but I actually found myself using the Amiga more because of it's sheer power (and smoothness compared to MS-DOS with or without Windows). Victor