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From: ewhac@well.UUCP (Leo 'Bols Ewhac' Schwab)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Jerry declares the 2000 as 'the most improved computer'
Message-ID: <10901@well.UUCP>
Date: 6 Mar 89 09:20:40 GMT
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Reply-To: ewhac@well.UUCP (Leo 'Bols Ewhac' Schwab)
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In article <6193@columbia.edu> simon@copper.UUCP (Thor Simon) writes:
>  In case the esteemed Mr. Pournelle hadn't noticed a bit earlier, the
>amiga was "Sufficient for most things you would use a computer for"
>several years ago.  [ ... ]
>What mundane,
>"Typical-user" task can you do on an IBM that you can't do on a far
>less expensive amiga system?  [ ... ]

	Spreadsheets.  Word processing.  Financial planning.  Accounting.
Stock market-type software.  BBS software.  Local area networks.  CAD.
Printed circuit layout.  Circuit simulation.

	Lord knows it pains me to say this, but if you need to do any of
those things, you'll be able to find what you want faster for the PC.  And
the chances are that you'll have a much better selection of software to do
one of those things than you would have if you wanted to do it on the Amiga.

	Notice that I didn't put Desktop publishing or Desktop video or
Games up there.  You want Desktop publishing?  You go to Apple.  You want
Desktop video, you come to us.  You want Games?  You go to Nintendo (unless
you have a bit more to spend, in which case you might come to us).

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