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Conference hydra::amiga_v1

Title:AMIGA NOTES
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Created:Sat Apr 26 1986
Last Modified:Wed Feb 05 1992
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:5378
Total number of notes:38326

410.0. "Amiga vs ST: Round Three" by LEDS::ACCIARDI () Fri Mar 27 1987 00:33

    Round three of the Amiga vs. ST wars has appeared in the latest
    issue of Computer Shopper.  This month's rebuttal of last month's
    rebuttal of Sheldon Leemon's original rebuttal focuses on the
    relative merits of the Amiga's custom chips versus the ST's reliance
    on the 68000 to do all the grunt work.  The author makes some rather
    bold claims of the Amiga's speed advantages, claiming 15 to 50 times
    greater speed than the ST on GRAPHICS operations.  He refers to
    many benchmarks he has performed, but alas, did not post them in
    the article.
    
    We've all heard all these arguments many times, and its getting
    a little tiresome, but it does make interesting reading, and I'm
    sure it sells a few magazines.
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410.1BAGELS::BRANNONDave BrannonFri Mar 27 1987 10:495
    the editor's comment page has the justification for continuing the
    Amiga vs. ST articles - potential customers need to hear the good
    and the bad sides, even if its grossly misleading.
    
    -dave
410.2Rocking the BoatNAAD::SWARRLearner's PermitFri Mar 27 1987 20:3317
    Both Atari and COMMODORE are both missing the point(and the boat). Did
    anybody notice the splash Apple is getting for a machine that costs
    3!!! times as much and still no multi-tasking.
    
    Atari and commodore should quit taking swipes and get back to the
    marketing department and find a strategy.
    
    Both companies are managing to keep thier stuff the best kept secret
    in the computer world.
    
    I still have to defend my purchase (till I give em a demo) of the
    Amiga. I think I have the most functional personal workstation that
    can be purchased in the micro market and it turns out to be the
    least expensive!!! Hard to beleive that real value can be had in
    this day and age.
    
    <jim>
410.3BAGELS::BRANNONDave BrannonSat Mar 28 1987 00:178
    re: .2
    
    maybe its fact that the new Apple costs 3 times as much... ibm and
    Apple were still selling 8-bit machines for $1000+ last time i looked.
    
    Either that is great marketing, or a very naive public.
    
    -dave
410.4Tell me more.SNEAKY::SULLIVANOliver Wendel JonesSat Mar 28 1987 01:297
    
        Well, as an anxious customer who has to decide between the two
    machines, I too need to hear more comparison.  Price, multi-tasking,
    graphics, speed - I need to hear it all.  
    
                                 Bubba
410.5Be careful who you ask...LEDS::ACCIARDISat Mar 28 1987 09:314
    If you really do hear it all (the true version, not what an Atari
    dealer will tell you) then there should be no contest whatsoever.
    
    Unless price is your only concern.  The ST is definately cheaper.
410.6BAGELS::BRANNONDave BrannonMon Mar 30 1987 13:0611
    re: .4
    
    one suggestion - look at what is included in the cheapest model,
    those are the limitations most 3rd party software is designed to run
    with.

    One exception (there are always exceptions) - Most Amiga 1000s are
    now sold with 512K, 256K is just not enough memory for most commercial
    software.
    
    -dave