Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!sundc!pitstop!sun!decwrl!hplabs!sdcrdcf!trwrb!cadovax!gryphon!richard From: richard@gryphon.CTS.COM (Richard Sexton) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.misc Subject: Re: Apple stumbles... Message-ID: <2133@gryphon.CTS.COM> Date: Mon, 2-Nov-87 18:07:06 EST Article-I.D.: gryphon.2133 Posted: Mon Nov 2 18:07:06 1987 Date-Received: Fri, 6-Nov-87 23:55:09 EST References: <716@rocky.STANFORD.EDU> <1043@uhccux.UUCP> Reply-To: richard@gryphon.CTS.COM (Richard Sexton) Followup-To: comp.sys.misc Organization: Trailing Edge Technology, Redondo Beach, CA Lines: 38 Keywords: Amiga Summary: Segments are for worms... Xref: mnetor comp.sys.mac:9174 comp.sys.misc:962 In article <1043@uhccux.UUCP> cm450s02@uhccux.UUCP (jeff t. segawa) writes: >at all, it's usually in the cutout bins, and is almost always games, or maybe >some business software I've never heard of, and the business programs I've seen >don't seem to offer any advantages in terms of power, features or ease of use >over my existing Mac software, and more often than not, the Amiga software >appears to fall far short of it's Mac counterpart. Amiga games, on the other >hand, can be very impressive. I've played Marble Madness and Mindwalker on >the Amiga and was very impressed. Great graphics and sound! Loved DPaint II, >also. Trouble is, I can't see spending $500+ to play games! The Amiga needs >some useful type of software that is unique, not a bunch of so-so programs >that look like they were ported over from other systems (and not very well). "useful type of software that is unique" Hmm. You mean like those animation packages that use the amiga specific hardware ? For ease of use, right now, as it stands, I would have to say the mac is the easiest way to get good black and white illustrations down on paper; I just spent a couple of days fighting with Dpaint, IFF -> PS convertors and hacking in some postscript code just to get some illustrations for a manual finished. But, that could change and somebody could write a decent macwhatever clone for the Amiga. Where it really shines, is playing with video both in post production, but also generation and synthesis of images. In simpler terms, you wanna write a small book ? Use a mac. You wanna play Andy Warhol ? Use an amiga. Sure either computer can do either, but each does its own 'type' of work with more relative ease. Disclaimer: No computer wars, please. You should own one of each :-) -- Richard J. Sexton INTERNET: richard@gryphon.CTS.COM UUCP: {hplabs!hp-sdd, sdcsvax, ihnp4, nosc}!crash!gryphon!richard "It's too dark to put the keys in my ignition..."