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From: melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: AMIGA
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Date: 5 May 91 16:23:23 GMT
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In article <1991May5.125627.24864@sugar.hackercorp.com> peter@sugar.hackercorp.com (Peter da Silva) writes:

   Well, except that the Amiga started out cheaper than the competition. The NeXT
   starts out more expensive. Here's a question: why would someone get a NeXT
   rather than a 386 box running Microsoft Windows? Or a Mac?

Because the NeXT is a faster machine with a better OS, a better
display, a Digital Signal Processor, ... you know everything that the
NeXT has.  Windows doesn't even compare.  Ever run Toolbook on a Model
70?  I program on the PC at work, and I've never seen such a piece of
shit.  I can't wait until IBM nukes Microsoft for putting us through
this Windows joke.  If IBM does, I might actually have a little
respect for them. The Macs are ok, but you don't get nearly as much
"power" for the money.  They still have the advantage of having a lot
more software though.

-Mike