Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!alberta!brant From: brant@alberta.UUCP (Brant Coghlan) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: The Amiga is loosing ground to I*M and A*ple... Message-ID: <1535@pembina.UUCP> Date: 22 Aug 88 07:38:07 GMT References: <2160@ssc-vax.UUCP> <253@aeras.UUCP> Reply-To: brant@pembina.UUCP (Brant Coghlan) Organization: U. of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Lines: 16 In article <253@aeras.UUCP> edc@aeras.UUCP (news guest account) writes: >can't afford Macs. A "Hobbyist's" computer can't expect to compete with >business machines. That happens only once in a lifetime. That was Apple. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The typical computer lifetime is 5 years. That means the A3000 will be able to compete with IBM and Apple for the business market, if they get their act together. Lets hear it for a A3000 with 32 bit archtecture, a Zorro II superset bus (able to plug in Zorro II cards), a fast 680?0 with a math coprocessor slot, and 32 million colours with table look up. -Brant "Reality is the dream" -- Brant Coghlan (career student) (403) 487-3619 ...!alberta!brant Dept. of Comp. Science, 615 GSB, U of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada