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From: rg20+@andrew.cmu.edu (Rick Francis Golembiewski)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Next Amiga System
Message-ID: <AXKD9u188k-003Qp4G@andrew.cmu.edu>
Date: 16 Oct 88 19:03:22 GMT
Organization: Carnegie Mellon
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>> the amiga has GOOD graphics and sound (Go and use an Apple II+ for a while
>> and tell me about BAD graphics...) and it is of comprable speed (Maybe not
>> as fast as a Mac II or 386 in pure processor power, but it fairs pretty
>> well compared to the SE, and an AT)

>   Which Amiga are you talking about.  The one I have here has pretty
>   bad color graphics, eg interlaced 640x400x16 color vs the VGA 640x480
>   non interlaced 16 color.  I find the claim that the Amiga 68000 is
>   as fast as the Mac-II 68020 pretty interesting too :-)

   I still think the amiga has good graphics for several reasons (but I could
use your very argument to say the VGA sucks because a PIXAR has even better
graphics ;-> after all VGA doesn't have 24 bits per pixel and is far less then
1Kx1K resolution so it is really Terrible isn't it), VGA is NOT in the majority
of IMBs (remember how many XTs there are out there), and also VGA is slow
(compared to EGA/CGA,although I haven't seen any bench marks I bet Amiga
graphics are faster too) also VGA is difficult to program (Amiga Graphics ARE
EASY to PROGRAM, and you can be sure that every amiga owner will have the SAME
graphics, so you don't have to write several drivers {which tend to make
things slower}).  Also VGA is expensive $1000+ depending on the card/monitor
combination.  (I bet you can get an entire amiga system for about the same
cost, and you can get a few Amiga systems for the cost of Mac II color!).

Also if you will re read my message I never said that the Amiga was as fast as
a Mac II or a 386, but that it was comprable to a SE (another 68000 machine so
are you satisfied?)

In any case right now the amiga (I belive) is in good shape, because it is
comprable in power and less in cost then other machines in its league (Do you
really believe a $6000 {or more with apple's price increase} color Mac II
system or an $4000 386 25Mhz extended VGA system are really in the same league?
Go back and read some of the "Amiga on a Mac II Budget" messages, I think they
covered the idea of cost and power pretty well)

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