Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!udel!sbcs!eeserv1.ic.sunysb.edu!dtiberio From: dtiberio@eeserv1.ic.sunysb.edu (David Tiberio) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Subject: Re: NeXT Press Release Message-ID: <1991Apr12.174733.26060@sbcs.sunysb.edu> Date: 12 Apr 91 17:47:33 GMT References: <1991Apr09.034458.5317@ariel.unm.edu> <2802B910.22818@orion.oac.uci.edu> Sender: usenet@sbcs.sunysb.edu (Usenet poster) Distribution: comp Organization: State University of New York at Stony Brook Lines: 44 In article <2802B910.22818@orion.oac.uci.edu> nguyent@balboa.eng.uci.edu (Thien Nguyen) writes: >In article <1991Apr09.034458.5317@ariel.unm.edu> nwickham@triton.unm.edu (Neal C. Wickham) writes: > >> >>I was wondering, have you ever sat down on an A3000 with some nice software >>on it? ...seen how snappy and responsive it is? Now that I think about it, >>I find it quite remarkable that you continue debating the advantages of NeXT >>vs the advantages of Amiga with out having ever spent any time on an Amiga. >>You seem to be at a tremendous disadvantage since most of the people who >>debate this subject here have spent some time on a NeXT. > >Show me a nice productivity software for A3000 that can match the NeXT >stuffs! ProVector and PageStream are quite nice. Haven't see >Super Base IV so I can't tell. In the area of spreadsheets Amiga is >really weak. Wordprocessing is pretty weak also. Haven't seen a program >that uses the Amiga's potentials yet. Exactly. YOU haven't seen them yet. YOU haven't heard about them. Ever hear about how incredibly awesome MacPaint is? Lots of Mac users loved it for a long time...but sit that next to DPaint III and watch them SQUIRM! Just because Word Perfect is froma big company and is used by lots of people doesn't mean that it is a strong program. I used WP, and found that it is nearly impossible to learn how to use it in less than a month. Too many helps screens and keyboard commands to remember. I learned how to use Pro Write and excellence! within an HOUR. Plus, it has always had color graphics support.... > >Amiga's only advantage is in the multimedia stuffs. > NeXT's only advantage is the 68040. Let's see how long the advantage lasts (I say one more month). What about the Amiga's animation, sound, 3D modeling, multitasking, cli, games, video, affordability, software emulation, ... -- David Tiberio SUNY Stony Brook 2-3481 AMIGA DDD-MEN Tomas Arce Any students from SUNY Oswego? Please let me know! :) Un ragazzo di Casalbordino, Italia.