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From: richc@vaxwaller.UUCP (Rich Commins)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: IBM vs AMIGA cost
Summary: AMIGA 1000 -vs- IBM
Message-ID: <4254@vaxwaller.UUCP>
Date: 9 Mar 90 21:07:08 GMT
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Organization: Varian Instruments, Walnut Creek CA
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In article <4422@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU>, barrett@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU (Dan Barrett) writes:
> In article <4251@vaxwaller.UUCP> richc@vaxwaller.UUCP (Rich Commins) writes:
> >I new IBM system cost breakdown [sic]:
> >
> >$1200		80386 20 MHz Mylex motherboard(AMI Bios) with 64K 80ns ram cache
> >$500		4 Megs 80ns Ram on the motherboard
> >$400		80387 20 MHz co-processor
> >...
> >The computing power is about 5 times faster than an AMIGA
> >not including the co-processor.  This system runs at about 5600 drystones.
> 
> 	Faster than WHICH Amiga??  Certainly an 80386 with coprocessor
> is faster than a stock 68000 Amiga!  But I doubt it is "5 times faster"

No I'm comparing this to my AMIGA 1000.

	Four years ago AMIGA		Today IBM
	--------------------		---------
	$2500 AMIGA system		$2400 IBM 80386 with 80387 co-processor
	$ 500 Monitor (Sony)		$ 600 Monitor NEC 3D
	$1000 20Meg harddisk 		$ 500 65 Meg Harddisk 28msec
	$ 700 2Meg memory		$ 400 4 Megs of 80ns memory
	-----				------
	$4700				$3800
	+ $$$$$ for software		+ $$$$$ for software

	Four years ago a dollar was worth more!

A comparable AMIGA system today would include an accelerator board,
flicker fixer and a 65 meg HD and would cost around $7000.00, and 
would still only have a screen resolution of 640x400,16 color.

I still think the AMIGA has a lot going for it when you include its
multitasking operating system, sound and video capabilities. BUT,
is the increased cost for the extra processing and display capabilities
worth the extra bucks?
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