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From: david@twg.com (David S. Herron)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: The Amiga's Future
Message-ID: <9134@gollum.twg.com>
Date: 20 Jun 91 05:40:42 GMT
References: <1991Jun15.112510.17324@news.iastate.edu> <6526@ns-mx.uiowa.edu> <64@ryptyde.UUCP>
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In article <64@ryptyde.UUCP> dant@ryptyde.UUCP (Daniel Tracy) writes:
>Responding to the following:
>
>"Hmmm. The Mac IIci that I'm using here doesn't have Disk DMA.  When I need
>something off a floppy or my hard drive everything else I'm doing stops.  The
>builtin 256 color graphics slow to a crawl and my network access stops
>completely."
>
>And why do you think that is? Try installing a video card to control the
>monitor and you'll see about a three-fold improvement! The Mac IIci's 
>built-in video is S-L-O-W, so why are you using it? It was meant only for
>those without the money for a video card, although if you don't have cash
>what are you doing with a IIci anyway?

I want to get this straight ..

So Apple entices people into buying machines by offering `low' prices.
But because they're too lazy to design correctly you get inferior
performance?  And then they nickle & dime you into the poor house
in an attempt to get good performance?

Do I have it right?

	David

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