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From: daveh@cbmvax.cbm.UUCP (Dave Haynie)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga,comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.m68k,comp.sys.misc
Subject: Re: Re: Mac vs. Amiga
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Date: Wed, 21-Jan-87 12:22:34 EST
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Posted: Wed Jan 21 12:22:34 1987
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> 
> "Don't be silly!"

"Don't be ignorant!"

> Get an Atari ST! Like 1/2 the price of the amiga 

More like 3/4 or more of the price, depending on configurations.

> and essentially the same features. 

Get a clue, pal...

> OK, the amiga has a little better graphics

ya, like 640x400x4 vs 640x400x1, etc.  MUCH better, not a little better.

> but then the ST has a better OS..... 

Technically, the Atari doesn't even HAVE an OS.  A DOS, maybe, and a
set of BIOS calls, certainly, but no OS.  The Atari's BIOS is an
attempted clone of MS-DOS, and causes lots of problems.  Like hard
disks that get unbareably slow with partitions greater than 5 Megs,
and go ape on you when you get something over 40 subdirectories on
them.  The Amiga IS the only computer in this price range that has a
real OS.  If you don't know what a real OS is, I can suggest several
books on the subject.  Or ask a UNIX wiz why MS-DOS doesn't qualify
as a real OS.

> Also, you can get higher memory models of the ST cheaper still (1040 K ST 
> is < $1000, including monitor, disc drive)

Of course, you can buy an Amiga and not need a "higher memory model".
I've got one here with a megabyte, there's one in the next office with
512K, I've another around here with 4 megabytes on it.  All the same
model.  If next year you decide that a megabyte isn't enough, you can
add several more.  And since the Amiga's OS multitasks, you can do
real things with that memory, not just attempt to get by with kludges
like "desk accessories" or "memory-resident utilities".  The machine
I'm typing on now has a CLI window open in the background doing a 
diskcopy, and as well I've got a screen blanking program, clock,
print server, and a few other tasks running.  Just try that on one
of the other machines.

> 			 Laurence R. Brothers
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     "You can keep my things, they've come to take me home"
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