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From: raw@mcnc.org (Russell Williams)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Jerry declares the 2000 as 'the most improved computer'
Message-ID: <4166@alvin.mcnc.org>
Date: 10 Mar 89 18:15:12 GMT
References: <8903011852.AA16426@jade.berkeley.edu> <6193@columbia.edu> <10901@well.UUCP>
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In article <10901@well.UUCP>, ewhac@well.UUCP (Leo 'Bols Ewhac' Schwab) writes:
> In article <6193@columbia.edu> simon@copper.UUCP (Thor Simon) writes:
> >"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.
> 	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.

	Word processing?  I have to agree with the other things you mentioned,
(some that were listed were deleted), but word processing?  What about Word      Perfect?  I defy you to show me a better word processor on the IBM than Word
Perfect.  I thought Word Perfect on the IBM was the best wp for it, but the
Amiga version is definitely better through the inclusion of the menus.
	This is not the software's fault, it's the hardware the software has to
work with.  I used to tease a friend of mine about using MicroSoft Word on the
Mac.  I talked about how bad it was, and he would just say, "I don't think it's
that bad."  Well, I finally tried out Word on the Mac, and it didn't even
resemble Word on the PC.  The difference was just astonishing.  I used to hate
Word, but that was when it was on the PC.  
	To sum up, I don't believe the IBM has any claim to wordprocessing poweragainst the Amiga or the Mac.  The superior graphics with the menu interface    combine to form a better piece of hardware on which to run wordprocessors. 

						Russell Williams