Xref: utzoo comp.sys.amiga:23188 comp.sys.amiga.tech:1945 Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!rutgers!mit-eddie!ll-xn!ames!lll-tis!oodis01!uplherc!sp7040!obie!wsccs!dharvey From: dharvey@wsccs.UUCP (David Harvey) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga,comp.sys.amiga.tech Subject: Next Amiga system Summary: What do Amiga owners want? Message-ID: <661@wsccs.UUCP> Date: 23 Sep 88 22:14:04 GMT References: My previous article in Apple Users group Lines: 23 Recently, I flamed an Apple II owner in the Apple users group because they were complaining about lack of suuport from Apple Corp. The gist of it was that an 8 bit machine can only be made so fast before something had to give and the owner would have to move to a more powerful architecture. I made a side remark that they couldn't expect things to be all that much better from other manufacturers. I cited the fact that Commodore made the Amiga 2000 with an IBM slot as something that Amiga users did not want. I contended that what Amiga owners really wanted was a more powerful Amiga machine, ie more colors in normal res-modes and higher resolution with NO INTERLACE. Someone replied with a letter that IBM compatibility is a MUST, citing a Macintosh magazine as proof. So what is it Amiga owners? Do you want a more powerful Amiga or IBM compatibility? It seems to me that Commodore's wooing of the business market is a complete flop in this regard. If they saw excellent software on an excellent machine some people might change their minds. Witness of this phenomena is the fact that Macintosh owners had MacCharlie from Dayna Corpopration years ago. Has anybody heard of them lately? Moral to this story: Build a better computer machine, and the world will beat a path to your door (especially if the machine is cheaper)