rar@auc.UUCP (Rodney Ricks) (06/02/90)
Well, I just saw an Amiga 3000 and (pre)release 2.0 yesterday, for the
first time (I know, I know, I'm late...). All I can say is...
WOW!!!
Thanks, Commodore!
To think that someone one the net said that the 3000 was a piece of garbage?
Nonsense.
If you haven't seen it yourself, go and see it. Don't let anyone convince
you that it's not worth it just because it doesn't have 1024 x 1024 x 8 bits
standard. It's a nice, FAST machine. It FEELS fast.
It even reboots VERY quickly (around 5 to 10 seconds). It even makes crashing
a whole lot less annoying (unless you lose something), when it comes back up
so quickly. It makes not be a SparcStation speedwise, but DAMN it's fast!
I'm your typical (early) Amiga buyer / MSDOS-hater, which means that if it
isn't perfect, I'll criticize it. The 3000 isn't perfect.
Then again, nothing is.
But the 3000 IS damn good! And that was just with a 1084 monitor!
Release 2.0 is nice, too, although the color combination for the icons for
files without .info files looks somewhat ugly.
As far as the speech goes, it does seem the same (maybe there is some SMALL
improvement), but since it's a Beta release, I'm not assuming that it will
be that way in the final release.
In summary, I have no complaints about 2.0. I have criticisms of every
computer system.
To the folks at Commodore, please don't get annoyed by those of us who whine
about every little nit that we can find to pick. Amiga owners tend to be
very picky people.
If we weren't picky, we'd buy MSDOS machines!
And now, for something completely different. Subliminal messages to the folks
at Commodore.
68040 board!
Low-cost 8-bit video board!
16-bit audio board!
Give me a free Amiga 3000!
Ok, ok, Commodore crew, so it wasn't subliminal. Quit complaining.
You're starting to sound like us!!! :-) :-) :-) :-)
Keep up the good work.
Rodney