dmg@ssc-vax.UUCP (David Geary) (08/17/88)
In article <64123@sun.uucp> (Chuck McManis) writes: >In article <2160@ssc-vax.UUCP> dmg@ssc-vax.UUCP (David Geary) writes: >>3) The Amiga is loosing ground to the new IBM's and the Mac II. > >You make a very naive statement here. For the Amiga to lose ground to ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Thank you ;-) >the Mac II and the 386 clones they have to be in the same league. What They may not be in the "same league", however, they do compete *directly* against the Amiga in the marketplace. >Period, by any measure the stock Amiga is less powerful than a 32 bit >16 - 25Mhz machine. Are we suprised? Would you say that the Mazda RX-7 >is losing market share to the Porches and Ferraris? No, you wouldn't >even bother comparing them ? The fact that people (including Mac II and I'd rather have a Mazda RX-7 than a Porsche ;-) >PS/2 model 80 owners) *feel the need* to compare them should give you >and indication of what we have always realized. The Amiga is the best >computer in it's class. You will also notice that no one compares the >Atari ST to the Mac II, or the '386 boxes. Illuminating no? So if Commodore >decides to build a machine in the same league as the Mac II and the ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >'386 boxes they probably call it the Amiga 3000 and build in an '030 and ^^^^^^^^^^ That's just my point. The Amiga needs to be able to compete against the Mac II and '386's. The Amiga line needs a high-end machine, like the A3000. BTW: 1) Where IS the A2500UX? 2) Where IS the A2500AT? 3) Where IS the A3000? 4) Where IS NeWS on the Amiga? 5) Where IS X windows on the Amiga? 6) Where IS Un*x for the Amiga? 7) Where IS an inexpensive laser printer for the Amiga. Or, maybe something a little easier: where is 1.3 of the Amiga OS? Hey, if Commodore can't get 1.3 out the door within a *reasonable* amount of time, how are they going to get Unix out the door within the next millennium? How are they going to produce new hardware (A2500, A3000, etc)? How are they going to support NeWS, X Windows, ad on infinitum (and ad nausea, too). My whole point in starting this discussion is this: when the Amiga first came out, it was *better* than anything you could buy for under $100,000,000,000. (You mean you didn't read the first few issues of AmigaWhirld?) Now the gap is closing, and, you can actually get something *better* for under $100,000,000,000. I'd love to see the gap widen again. Plain and simple. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ David Geary, Boeing Aerospace, ~ ~ Seattle - "THE DRIZZLE CAPITAL OF THE WORLD" ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~