Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!ceres.physics.uiowa.edu!news.iastate.edu!vaxf.iastate.edu!XGR39 Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Subject: Re: NeXT/Amiga Flamage: Get a life. Message-ID: <1991Apr20.144115.25537@news.iastate.edu> From: xgr39@isuvax.iastate.edu (Marc Barrett) Date: Sat, 20 Apr 1991 14:41:15 GMT Reply-To: xgr39@isuvax.iastate.edu Sender: news@news.iastate.edu (USENET News System) References: <47402@ut-emx.uucp> ,<91110.010457MBS110@psuvm.psu.edu> Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, IA. Lines: 44 In article <91110.010457MBS110@psuvm.psu.edu>, MBS110@psuvm.psu.edu writes: >In article , melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger) >says: >> >>In article >>judge@alchemy.tcnet.ithaca.ny.us (rory toma) writes: >> >> I thought improvements in OS's made them faster. Why is this slower? It >> suretook them long enough to release it? >> >>And how long has it taken Commdore to go from 1.3 to 2.0, which still >>isn't available on any computer except the A3000? > >Oh, picky, picky. :) They took ^2 years because they were busy getting it >RIGHT, that's why. And, looking at the result, they GOT it right. 2.0 is >faster, looks way better, and vastly expands the Amiga's functionality. >All this with only a 512K ROM chip and a single 3-1/2" floppy. And need >I remind you that it STILL multitasks beautifully in one half megabyte >of memory? > >Compare that to the bloated System 7 (8 disks, 4 MB RAM required, and it's >SLOWER than System 6??). I will GLADLY wait for something that works rather >than something bloated and inefficient rushed out the door. ...If you can >call two years "rushing," that is. You pay dearly for the convenience of being able to use your O.S. with 512K of RAM and a single floppy drive on the Amiga, too. Three of the most important features of MC OS 7.0 are virtual memory, memory protection, and sophisticated structured/outlined fonts. These features are totally non-existant in Amiga OS 2.0. > >Oh, yes. During that long wait for V 2.0, Commodore was ALSO busy getting >every last bug out of the system. Nice of them, huh? > >/ Mark "Remixed for Common Household Appliances" Sachs - MBS110@psuvm.psu.edu \ >| DISCLAIMER: It's NOT MY FAULT. Kei and Yuri || // || >| forced me to say it. || \X/ AMIGA || >\========= "Oh, I'm just a NO-OP in the instruction set of Life..." ==========/ ---------------------------------------------------------- / Marc Barrett -MB- | BITNET: XGR39@ISUVAX.BITNET / / ISU COM S Student | Internet: XGR39@CCVAX.IASTATE.EDU / ----------------------------------------------------------