Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site cbdkc1.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!lll-crg!dual!qantel!ihnp4!cbosgd!cbdkc1!gwe From: gwe@cbdkc1.UUCP ( George Erhart ) Newsgroups: net.micro Subject: Re: Amiga Information Message-ID: <1087@cbdkc1.UUCP> Date: Fri, 9-Aug-85 08:22:14 EDT Article-I.D.: cbdkc1.1087 Posted: Fri Aug 9 08:22:14 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 13-Aug-85 00:45:32 EDT References: <432@kontron.UUCP> Reply-To: gwe@dkc1.UUCP ( George Erhart ) Distribution: na Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Columbus Lines: 22 In article <432@kontron.UUCP> steve@kontron.UUCP (Steve McIntosh) writes: >Amiga stats: >Operating System: > >Macintosh style with pull down menus, windows, multiple screens and >icons. Unix-like DOS capable of true multitasking. > I played around with an Amiga at a local computer store. The copy of intuition that they had did *not* have any menus or icons. It was very UN-maclike, and very MSDOS-like. I was very disappointed that Commodore did not send out the demos that they had at their opening to the folks in the field. My first impression did not convince me that the machine was worth buying. By the way, the local dealer is quoting a $2400 for the Amiga, 256K expansion, second disk drive, monitor and some unnamed software. This is a *special* bundled package. A dealer friend of mine said that Apple was planning to drop the price of the 128K mac to under $1000 for X-mas, and the 512K mac would drop too. (under $1300?) It sounds like there will be a price war around X-mas this year between the new kids in the supermicro market (Atari & Commodore) and the defending champ. George Erhart