Subj : RE: Thor2.6
To   : DENNIS SMITH
From : Neil Williams
Date : Fri Mar 28 2003 16:44:32

Hi DENNIS,
 In a message dated 27 Mar 03 you wrote to CRAIG HUTCHISON :

 DS> Is the GVP "Tekmagic" 060 a good buy? This May is one year since the A1
 DS> was ordered. If it doesn't show by this May, I was thinking about
 DS> moving on to this upgrade for old A2K. I really need more memory and
 DS> some speed. Using Thor uses up just about everything! That's why I use
 DS> this AmiQWK.

I have seen so many people put off upgrading their Amigas because of the vapourware bull that's been put out over the last half decade and more. I remember people back in 1996 putting off buying faster than an 030 because "they're waiting for the A\Box, which will be here next month!"

Essentially, in *this* market, don't put off buying *ANYTHING* just because someone else has promised something better due 'really soon now'. I'm not saying the AmigaOne won't appear, but you've had it on pre-order for nearly a year!

I don't know what specification your A2000 is now, but even over a 25MHz 040 the 50MHz 060 is a good four times faster or more for most things. And being able to add 128MB RAM will make just about anything usable (which will be expensive compared to todays DIMMs, but a fraction of the cost of what it was a few years ago).

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