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From: edc@aeras.UUCP (news guest account)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: The Amiga is loosing ground to I*M and A*ple...
Keywords: Sad
Message-ID: <253@aeras.UUCP>
Date: 15 Aug 88 00:58:23 GMT
References: <2160@ssc-vax.UUCP>
Reply-To: edc@aeras.UUCP (news guest account)
Organization: Arete Systems, Inc. San Jose, CA.
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In article <2160@ssc-vax.UUCP> dmg@ssc-vax.UUCP (David Geary) writes:
>
>  Well, I've been watching the Mac II bashing, etc. discussion with interest,
>and no matter whether the Mac II is too expensive, does not have a blitter,
>can't do this or that as well as the Amiga, etc. when you get down to the
>nitty gritty, here are the facts:
>
>1)  Mac II is made by Apple.
>2)  Because of 1) alone, it can be expected to do quite well.
>3)  The Amiga is loosing ground to the new IBM's and the Mac II.
>
>  Yes, the Amiga may very well be superior to both the Mac II and IBM's in
>many areas.  Yes the Mac II is *way* overpriced compared to the Amiga.  Yes,
>the Amiga is the *only* pc you can buy that can multitask with it's *native*
>operating system, ad infinitum...
>
>  However, the fact remains that the Amiga is loosing ground.  The huge
>gap (technically speaking) between the Amiga and "the rest" is closing.


Just who are Amiga's competitors anyway?  It sure ain't Apple and Sun...
I question if IBM worries about them.

The only competitor I can see is Atari.  At least I get to see Atari at
UNIX trade shows... Amiga? Never!  
 

>  BTW, I have had my Amiga since day one.  It's sad to see the Amiga's
>edge wither away...
 
Me too, I sold mine about a year ago.  Glad I did.  I KNOW those slimeballs
would be REALLY secretive about an A1000 > A2000 upgrade.  I should have
known better to think that scummy edge connector on the side of the A1000
was a bus.  

Damn interesting machine though.  The sh*t will really hit the fan if 
when Apple drops the price of the MacII.  I suspect that CBM is lose it
in about a year or two.  Atari won't let Amiga be.  Sam and Jack want 
blood...

By the way? anybody got sales figures for Word Perfect on the Amiga?
I'll bet they suck.  Can somebody name a major applications product that
is selling well on Amiga?  Face it, Hackers buy Amigas. POOR hackers who
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.


How about some Mega-ST bashing eh?

-edc-