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From: es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita)
Subject: Re: MacIIci vs. NeXT station?
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Date: Fri, 14 Jun 1991 04:51:01 GMT

In article <6029@pbhyb.PacBell.COM> rkmossm@PacBell.COM (Richard Mossman) writes:

>I too would like to know why I should drop $13,000 on a Mac IIci system to 
>use as the center piece to my new video editing suite when I can do the same
>things with an Amiga or Next-based system for about $5000-6000?  I'm
>deliberately not including the cost of software, because I will be buying
>new software for whichever system I buy.
>
	This goes right back to the person who said you get the
system that does what you need. Video work is the Amiga's strong
point. So if you are doing a video suite, you probably are better
off with an Amiga over a Mac. But then again, this same
discussion could come up on an Amiga newsgroup talking about DTP
asking how he could justify spending money on an Amiga when the
Mac has better DTP software and most places will take a Mac disk
to do printing work.
	-- Ethan

Now the world has gone to bed,		Now I lay me down to sleep,
Darkness won't engulf my head,		Try to count electric sheep,
I can see by infrared,			Sweet dream wishes you can keep,
How I hate the night.			How I hate the night.   -- Marvin