Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!uwm.edu!lll-winken!arisia!sgi!shinobu!odin!odin.corp.sgi.com!portuesi From: portuesi@tweezers.esd.sgi.com (Michael Portuesi) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: A3000 Rumor - InfoWorld Message-ID: Date: 8 Jan 90 10:42:11 GMT References: <28899@dhw68k.cts.com> <1291@corpane.UUCP> Sender: news@odin.SGI.COM Reply-To: portuesi@sgi.com (Michael Portuesi) Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc., Mtn. View, CA Lines: 29 In-reply-to: sparks@corpane.UUCP's message of 5 Jan 90 14:27:39 GMT >>>>> On 5 Jan 90 14:27:39 GMT, sparks@corpane.UUCP (John Sparks) said: john> What I want to know is: john> If the Amiga 3000 is a 68030 box @ 25Mhz, then what (other than speed) is the john> difference between the 3000 and the 2500/30? And do you really expect an answer, as if Commodore is going to give out specifications for an unreleased product in response to a net query? john> My first computer was an Atari 400. Within a year it was replaced by the 800XL. john> So I merrily plopped down bucks for that. Within a year it was replaced by the john> 800XE and then the Atari ST. I was fed up by then so I bought an Amiga 1000. john> Yep, sure enough a year or so later CBM came out with the 500 and 2000. That's the price you pay for progress. I'd much rather be using an Amiga 2000 than an Atari 400, which is what you'd still be using if computer companies didn't introduce new machines. Would you rather have that? --M -- __ \/ Michael Portuesi Silicon Graphics Computer Systems, Inc. portuesi@SGI.COM Entry Systems Division -- Engineering