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From: melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger)
Subject: Re: NeXT/Amiga Flamage: Get a life.
In-Reply-To: MBS110@psuvm.psu.edu's message of 20 Apr 91 05:04:57 GMT
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In article <91110.010457MBS110@psuvm.psu.edu> MBS110@psuvm.psu.edu writes:

   Oh, picky, picky. :) They took ^2 years because they were busy getting it
   RIGHT, that's why. And, looking at the result, they GOT it right. 2.0 is
   faster, looks way better, and vastly expands the Amiga's functionality.
   All this with only a 512K ROM chip and a single 3-1/2" floppy. And need
   I remind you that it STILL multitasks beautifully in one half megabyte
   of memory?

So, you're saying that it has all of the functionality of System 7.0?

   Compare that to the bloated System 7 (8 disks, 4 MB RAM required, and it's
   SLOWER than System 6??). I will GLADLY wait for something that works rather
   than something bloated and inefficient rushed out the door. ...If you can
   call two years "rushing," that is.

System 7.0 only requires 2MB of RAM.  How much slower is System 7.0?
Anyway, the machine people should buy is the NeXTstation or
NeXTstation color.  There awesome beasts!

   Oh, yes. During that long wait for V 2.0, Commodore was ALSO busy getting
   every last bug out of the system. Nice of them, huh?

Apple can say the same thing, and they probably will on May 13.  When
is Commodore's official release date for 2.0 for the rest of the Amiga
family?  DOS 5.0 is set for a June release.  Even stupid Microsoft is
on schedule.

-Mike
