Hello Uffe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
on 04-Mai-99, you wrote:
UH> Yes, more or less so /if/ we had an OS that really supported PPCs. Even
UH> with the forthcoming OS3.5 the PPC is still only an add-on processor.
UH> Well, better than nothing, but it certainly doesn't make the 060
UH> obsolete.
Right. But this might change with the 68k-Emulation for the new CyberStorm G3/G4
boards.
UH> I find absolutely no reasons today to upgrade my 060 to a PPC processor.
UH> Of course the reasons will depend upon the way I use my Amiga, but since
UH> 95 percent of my computer use is done with YAM, Voyager, NewsRog etc.
UH> for which no PPC alternative exists I see no reason why I should spend
UH> money on a PPC processor. Others might have valid reasons to upgrade,
UH> but I don't.
I had a reason... Dealing a lot with large JPEGs and so on...
UH> I agree. If people want to use a 68000 or an 020 then it is certainly
UH> their choice. But in my opinion they should shut up and keep quiet
UH> because with such old equipment they have not right to demand any speed
UH> improvements. The speed improvements they are crying for will be
UH> achieved if they upgraded their equipment.
This is exactly my opinion. No 80286 user would complain that WinNT 4.0 doesn't
run on his system either.
UH> I think it is amazing that people running software on 020/AGA machines
UH> which are close to ten years old still expect present software to run as
UH> smoothly on their machine as it did ten years ago. Naturally it wont.
UH>
UH> Are Amiga users the world's poor computer users? In the IBM compatible
UH> market people more or less happily buy a new computer every other year -
UH> if they don't present software won't run on their machines at a
UH> satisfactory speed. Are Amiga users so poor they can't spend some money
UH> now and then on upgrading their Amigas? Why can't Amiga users do the
UH> same as the users of IBM compatible computers de? Or are Amiga users the
UH> Amish people of this age?
This is just the thing I started to think reading the last few messages on
this list regarding upgrading.
Guy, you really think the same way I do.
:-)
Regards
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Andreas Frank
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