Xref: utzoo rec.music.synth:22502 comp.music:3586 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!ccu.umanitoba.ca!bison!sys6626!five From: five@sys6626.bison.mb.ca (skinny puppy) Newsgroups: rec.music.synth,comp.music Subject: Re: Amiga or Mac? Message-ID: Date: 19 Jun 91 02:23:15 GMT References: Organization: system 6626 BBS, Winnipeg MB Lines: 22 mccreary@news.colorado.edu (MCCREARY SEAN) writes: > Well, I'm over a barrel. I finally have the cash to buy a computer, and I Hi Sean. Two suggestions: You're looking for a powerful computer for music? Look no farther than the IBM world. With Cakewalk 4.0 and your choice of MIDI card, you've got endless power. And 386sx's (16 bit) and 386's (32 bit) are falling in price so quickly, that pretty soon, noone will be able to match them, price for power wise. If you want something that has a little bit more power to it, but not the price tag, look at the Atari Mega II Ste. 16 bit, 16 Mhz. Built in MIDI ports, and more software than you can shake a stick at, with software prices down around reality levels (unlike the Mac world). Five > can't decide between a Mac LC and an Amiga 3000. The Amiga is clearly a --- (skinny puppy) a user of sys6626, running waffle 1.64 E-mail: five@sys6626.bison.mb.ca system 6626: 63 point west drive, winnipeg manitoba canada R3T 5G8