Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!nstn.ns.ca!news.cs.indiana.edu!mips!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!samsung!munnari.oz.au!brolga!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!marlin.jcu.edu.au!cpca From: cpca@marlin.jcu.edu.au (Colin Adams) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Subject: Re: Your NeXT superior! Message-ID: <1991Apr10.115902.22971@marlin.jcu.edu.au> Date: 10 Apr 91 11:59:02 GMT References: <1991Apr09.233612.22295@ariel.unm.edu> <##bGmjel1@cs.psu.edu> <1991Apr10.065134.25987@ariel.unm.edu> Organization: James Cook University of North Queensland Lines: 37 >In article <##bGmjel1@cs.psu.edu> melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger) writes: > >The reason is because many people insist on having color. I know >people that have bought 386SX machines instead of considering the NeXT >because they couldn't afford a color machine(Hope their happy with >color). Granted, most people would like to have color, just to have >color, but right now NeXT doesn't offer a cheap color machine, and >since most people don't need color for their work, they can't justify >the cost. > >-Mike > Hell, if I bought a machine for colour, I wouldn't have bought an Amiga!! I run my 2000 in black/white productivity because I can't afford a 2320 yet (and the first thing a Mac user here said when seeing the 3000 is.... 'Hey you can still see the flicker!', refering to the top line "feature"), and 4 colour productivity is soooo slow. And if the new chips aren't going to be here til spring next year (as mentioned in comp.sys.amiga.reviews) then Amiga colour will still be pretty poor for quite a while. (yes Marc Barrett is dead right, Amiga graphics are pathetic, we have the same chip set clockspeed and bandwidth as 1985!) BTW, when is you next spring over there? Any chance of having an early spring :-) Also, why can't C= upgrade the 2000 to a higher speed 68000, I mean they only cost $10 and you can get RAM that can keep up with a higher rate now. 7.14 MHz is pretty bad, even Atari now have 16 MHz ST's. -- Colin Adams Computer Science Department James Cook University Internet : cpca@marlin.jcu.edu.au North Queensland 'And on the eight day, God created Manchester'