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From: dvac@drutx.ATT.COM (Daniel Vachon)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: the next great machine
Summary: Next Computer
Message-ID: <10257@drutx.ATT.COM>
Date: 9 Feb 89 16:39:32 GMT
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In article <4206@pt.cs.cmu.edu>, ralphw@ius3.ius.cs.cmu.edu (Ralph Hyre) writes:
> In article <593NETOPRHM@NCSUVM> NETOPRHM@NCSUVM.BITNET (Hal Meeks) writes:
> ... Commodore has a lot of maturing to do first, as
> >they move from selling a hobbyist product to a machine that can be
> >legitimately called a "serious competitor".
> 

I must agree that Commodore did a great job with the Amiga series.  I know 
several people who switched from Apple //+/e/c's to the Amiga 1000's when they
came out.  Now I am looking to get me a new toy, and am torn between my loyalty
to Apple Computer, Inc (7 years with a ][+/e) and getting their //gs, which in
my mind is extremely overpriced, or the Commodore Amiga 2000.  I have seen both
machines, and am more impressed with what I have seen the Amiga 2000 do over the
//gs.  And I can get a hard drive and a printer thrown in for the same price as
just the //gs with a monitor and 1 drive.  And finally, the BIGGIE in my mind, 
is the fact that the Amiga supports a multi-tasking environment with a 16 bit
processor, whereas the //gs is pseudo 16 and no multi-tasking.  I am leaning
towards an Amiga also because I see Apple really starting to lean away from 
their old Apple ][ folks that have been very loyal to them for years...  I 
really get the impression that if we don't get //gs's in a year or two, the 
other //'s will be relics of the past.  

I guess what I would like to see, if some of you //gs owners could spend a 
minute or two and type me up a few lines of what you like the most about the
//gs, I would really appreciate it.  Please e-mail it, and if interest is strong
on the net, I will post a summary.  

Later -Dan Vachon-       {!ucbvax}!ihnp4!drutx!dvac