Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!think.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!van-bc!resbbs!Alex_Topic From: Alex_Topic@resbbs.UUCP (Alex Topic) Message-ID: Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Subject: Re: 486 clone vs. Amiga 3000 (* YES I SAID 33mhz 486! *) Distribution: world Date: 31 May 91 10:16:09 PST Organization: Resonance - British Columbia, Canada In order for the Amiga3000 or future ones to beat the IBM 486'es is to have one that is cheaper and more powerful. Also very popular!!! Another thing I wonder what the price would be if it was straight from IBM, not some PC compatible maker.hmmm? Anyways the MAC is starting to have CLONES now, shouldn't be too hard.. But clones on the Amiga would be very difficult, cuz of the CUSTOM CHIPS! and the KICKSTART ROMS! This of course would bring down the price considerably. Personally what I would like to see a computer just like the Amiga, but just a tad bit more powerful and cheaper. Now that would sell, of course if you got alot of support in it. Oh well just some ideas, but personally I don't know if I should get a more powerful PC as of now! Cuz I hear Photonic Processor based PC's will be available sometime near the end of the decade! Seems logically technology is just getting better. Moreless this will be the next Computer revelation! I read in I think Scienfic AMerican about this technology.. Now you may asked yourself what does all this have to do with it. Well my opinion 486 vs A3000! I think its not worth argueing about, I'm just going to be content with my A500 for afew more years and wait for much better technology to appear. My A500 does everything that I need it to do and cheaply. I'll wait till the A10000 comes out heh... or whatever with this Photonic based processors! heh.. l8'er! A.t.