Re: What computer would you buy to replace your //* ?

[glaurent@aye.inria.fr (Guillaume Laurent)]

In article <1993Aug21.200426.21801@pro-lep.cts.com>, robertf@pro-lep.cts.com
(Robert Fletcher) writes:
> 
>   So you bought an Amiga, and I hope you are ready for Amiga Day which is
> September 1.

Living in France, I seriously doubt I'll attend it :-).

>   Now for your question, which is one I have been asking my self for the
> past year. Just how am I going to choose my next computer? I have talked
> with owners of all the major machines and none are happy with the way the
> home office treats them. The storys are almost all the same, so that mean I
> can not make a chose(?) by looking at the company.

Agreed. I certainly did not buy an Amiga because CBM was selling it (although I
won't buy a Mac because Apple is selling it :-).

>   Next is the hardware, both the main cpu and all the extra goodies. My
> brother has sent me a cliping that showed side by side specs on a wide
> range of machines. I saw only little differences between like sizes of
> computers with their prices. So there was no black and white with hard
> ware.

True again. Plus, PCs and Macs specs are doubling every 6 months, or so... Only
the Amiga stays behind.

>   The last thing I can talk about and look into are the programs that run
> on the different machines. A wordprocessor is a wordprocess, and a data
> base is a data base, but the lates release for one platform might have a
> few extra goodies that the other wont have for months. Main thing tho is
> that all the platform, major ones, are going to have programs that do the
> same things.

No real "business" program for the Amiga, such software is available on PC and
Macs only.

>   So I droped the whole issue, it a mess and it is going to stay that way.
> But when the time comes that I do buy my next machine, it will be the one
> that will fill my needs, which is graphic art. They can all do it, but the
> one company that does not *$#@$#@ too many people is the one I am going to
> buy my machine from.

No, the Amiga is the acknowledged leader of the graphic applications market.
The "Video Toaster" that comes for PC is actually an Amiga without its tag. As
for being screwed by the company, CBM escaped liquidation a few months ago :-).

The reasons I bought an Amiga : this is the machine that inherited the "apple
II" spirit. It's built in an intelligent way, not by keeping the same old
architecture and just plugging in faster and more powerful chips. And the user
base has achieved incredible things.

I'd have bought an IBM and FrameMaker if wordprocessing was what I had in mind,
but it wasn't, so...

							Guillaume.