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From: c160-aw@zooey.Berkeley.EDU (Christian Wiedmann)
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Subject: Re: Easy of programming, Mac, Amiga.  The MAC<->AMIGA wars are on!
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Date: Wed, 24-Sep-86 16:51:07 EDT
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Summary: The saga continues

In article <8609240608.AA20322@cory.Berkeley.EDU> dillon@CORY.BERKELEY.EDU (Matt Dillon) writes:
>
>	If you ignore the last line, he is essentially correct.  But then
>again, it's only a small part of the big picture.  Of Course the MAC has
>better development software out... it's had several years and 5 different
>MAC versions to accumulate it over. 

I don't really see how having 5 versions of a computer helps bring out 
development software. Also, Lisa Pascal never did run on a mac.

>	The floppies on the MAC+ are faster than the floppies on the Amiga.
>Why, I don't know.  However, the Amiga beats out all previous versions of
>the MAC, I think.

My impression was that although the Amiga did beat out the older Macs overall,
several functions were slower (mainly on the desktop). This of course is an
unfair comparison, since the Mac didn't use a hierarchical file system then.

>	The MAC interface is not that much different than the Amiga's.  I
>think the usefulness of either is in the eye of the beholder.  Most MAC
>users would prefer the MAC interface; Most Amiga users would prefer the
>Amiga interface.

The point, though, isn't ease of use, but consistency. From what I've heard,
Commodore is allowing more flexibility in user interfaces than Apple. The
programmer can use Intuition, or he could write his own routines. This
probably will induce some programmers to develop neater, "more efficient" ways
of using a program.

>>The Amiga is a great piece of hardware, but it was brought out by an ailing
>> [argument ommitted]
>>market is falling to the big boys.
>
>	We shall see.  From experience, small ventures by people who care
>usually turn out to be quite a bit better then large ventures by big companies.
>
>					-Matt

I have no doubt that the Amiga will still be around in a year, but I also don't
think it ever will be more than a fun computer to play around with. It is true
that small ventures usually are better, but often they also get swallowed up
by other larger ventures. I would buy an Amiga now if I didn't already have a
Mac.

			   -Christian

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