Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!think.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!linac!att!princeton!njin!limonce From: limonce@pilot.njin.net (Tom Limoncelli +1 201 408 5389) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware Subject: Re: A3000,is it really worth it? Message-ID: Date: 26 May 91 00:24:16 GMT References: Followup-To: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Organization: Drew University - Madison NJ Lines: 68 [ NOTE: I've redirected followups to "comp.sys.amiga.advocacy" where this belongs. ] In article Alex_Topic@resbbs.UUCP (Alex Topic) writes: > Well the A3000 looks real perfect for doing business work, ect.. Also the > new A3000UX looks like something to get, since it can outpreform most micros, All micros. > and it has a faster bus than the NeXt... But there is afew things I hate Much faster. > about it. > Namely! The CUSTOM chips!!! They should of been totally revised > [Basically, add more colors, faster blitter, more copper features, triple > playfield. Do it now or C-A will go out of business!!!] Let me summarize ALL the posts that are going to be written in response to your question. Blah blah blah. Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah. [Drink from soda.] Blah blah blah blah. Blah blah. Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah. [Look up to see what just happened on TV.] Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah. Blah blah. Blah blah blah. This has been discussed 100 times. Every time someone new joins the net they do a post like this. C-A knows that this is what the users want. Some things just aren't very possible right now. New chips aren't designed overnight. C-A is working on a solution, but just like every company they're not going to announce it until it's near the release date. No, they aren't going to drop hints on a forum like this. C-A is not going out of business because those features are lacking. Anyone making money from video with an Amiga uses one or more of the MANY third-party options. The people that post these requests do not realize that the resulting system will cost a *lot* of money because those features don't come cheap. The people that post these requests will complain about the prices when such products ship. Third-parties are shipping solutions, why not go out and buy them? This usually is followed by: "But I NEED to know what the C-A solution will be!!!!!" Oh, tell us why. Please. Typical Answer #1: I'm insanely curious. Response: That's not a reason. Typical Answer #2: I'm losing money every day that I don't know. Response: A) you should be able to invest in a third-party solution. B) you should be a registered developer (costs $$$, but MUCH less than Apple or IBM charge) and they'll point you in the right direction so that when they release their solution you'll have a easy time converting over. Do you fit into "Answer #1 Category" or "Answer #2 Category"? Blah, blah blah blah blah blah. Blah blah blah. Blah. Blah blah blah. Blah blah [answer phone, turn down offer to buy a product that I'm assured is fantastic] blah blah blah. Blah blah blah blah. Summary complete. I'm exhaused. Tom -- Tom Limoncelli tlimonce@drew.edu tlimonce@drew.bitnet 201-408-5389