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From: hamilton@intersil.uucp
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: Automobile Analogies (Was Re: Amiga will bump Mac.)
Message-ID: <256.28034710@intersil.uucp>
Date: 10 Apr 91 17:10:40 GMT
References: <40693@cup.portal.com> <1991Mar31.055402.7293@ariel.unm.edu> <1991Mar31.182044.27856@sugar.hackercorp.com> <1991Apr03.224953.21366@convex.com> <1034@stewart.UUCP>
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In article <1034@stewart.UUCP>, jerry@polygen.uucp (Jerry Shekhel) writes:
> swarren@convex.com (Steve Warren) writes:
>>Clones are more like Yugos or Hyundais.  Leave out the A/C and make the
>>bumpers paper-thin; just crank them out and keep 'em dirt cheap.
> 
> Clones span too many categories to be compared to cars this way.  The first
> generation (8088/8086) clones can certainly be compared to cheap cars with
> sluggish performance -- they suck in every way except price.  However,
> a 486/33 is more like a Lamborghini Countach -- it ain't the prettiest or the
> most comfortable environment for the driver, but it moves faster than anything
> else.

No, a 486/33 is more like a dragster-it does one thing (accelerates) very
well.  But it's uncomfortable, gets extremely poor mileage, and it's a real
pain to drive on the streets you're on 99% of the time you're in a car.

Try taking a hard right in a 486, or multitasking on a top-fuel funny car.
-- 
Fred Hamilton                          "Unlike most of you, 
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Santa Clara, CA                                            -Homer Simpson
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