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Re: Why are europeans dumb enough to buy amigas?

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From: kjgudim Kjell Gudim
Date: Sun, 17 Mar 1996 13:50
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misc335 wrote this in comp.sys.amiga.graphics:

>> Uhm, excuse me, but are you saying that that is *not* the case for the PC?
>Yep - 6 months down the track with a PC, you don't need to buy a new one, you
>just upgrade it, and unlike a console, your existing software purchases will
>still work with the new one. While I'm an Amiga user, I do like being able to
>double the power of my PC each year for roughly the same, small, amount. This
>is difficult to do with a Mac or Amiga, and impossible with a console (though
>the 3do might prove an exception...)

Both the 3DO and Playstation can be upgraded. And the games still work on
these machines, just faster.

>>
>> A little while ago my father bought a Pentium 60 and was told that this
>> was an awesome machine... Now the machine is about as awesome as my 6 speed
>> bike
>> :)
>I wouldn't have it any other way - On with technology! :-)

Of course that's nice. But it's quite irritating to see that many people make
fun of you just because you have a machine that's not the latest state of the
art.

Not to mention games who require Pentium and above just to run.


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