griff@intelob.biin.com (Richard Griffith) (01/25/89)
Ok - here's a good question....
Based on some postings I've seen here, the Amiga is fast becoming
a contender in the computer marketplace. Commodore has even gone so
far as to start advertising!
Ok, next step. Why have we not seen a good comparison chart featuring
the Amiga? Why not compare/contrast the following:
Amiga 500
Amiga 2000 (HD?)
IBM PC AT
Compaq 286
Macintosh SE
Mac II
Amiga 2500
IBM PS/2 models 50, 70
Note price, capablities, performance. Features such as sound, graphics,
multitasking (note amount of REQUIRED memory!), number of different OS's
available (MSDOS/Unix/AmigaDOS), User interface (graphical vs. textual),
etc. Try comparing what you get a) as is, what the "base" system looks
like and how much it costs and b) comparitive systems, i.e. a Mac II can
run MSDOS (can't it?) just as an A2000 can, what does that cost? With the
new graphics board announced, the A2000 can outperform a Mac II (if I have
my facts straight) What does that cost, etc.
If I don't miss my guess, the reason no-one has done a study like this
is they (the "other" guys) don't want to go head-to-head with Amy's
price/performance ratio. This means with a study like this, Amy's a dead-
shot. Get on it Commodore!
- griff
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* Richard E. Griffith * "Someday soon we'll stop to ponder - *
* "griff", BiiN, OR. * What on Earth's this spell we're under? *
* // Amiga - * We made the grade, but still we wonder - *
*\\ // Just slightly ahead * Who the Hell we are?" *
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**************************************************************************mjw@sequent.UUCP (Michael Waugh) (01/27/89)
And don't forget to compare the Atari ST stuff too.