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Started by singh
Sat, 13 Apr 1996 03:52
Scala for PC and other issues
Author: singh
Date: Sat, 13 Apr 1996 03:52
Date: Sat, 13 Apr 1996 03:52
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I admire the people who can stand by the Amiga. It's a great machine, unbelievable clever design. But I don't see what's wrong with having different tools for different applications. The attractiveness of Scala for PC and Lightwave for PC can't be ignored, so much so that I intend to get a PC as soon as I get a full time job (I'm doing freelance now.) For instance: while I would always do Modeling (Lightwave) on the amiga, I'd prefer to render on a pc. Time is money and a pentium is faster than any accelerator for the Amiga. Likewise, Scala PC does things the Amiga chipsets don't currently allow. Think of it this way: You may have to use a Ford F350 at your jobsite, even though you prefer to zip around in your Fiero when you get home. The Fiero is a great car, but getting parts is harder and harder, but you'll never ever ever sell it. The same could be said for a pentium or PowerMac - they have a lot of tork but ain't much fun to drive, however you know you gotta make a living. I'll always love my amigas but at some point you can't keep making four or five trips in the Fiero to do what the Ford can do in one haul, can you? I hope this doesn't upset anyone -- it is merely my two cents on the matter and worth about that. People should just use what they need to use and or like to use and not fault other people for doing the same. I have no compunction about using a chair with casters and zipping around from machine to machine to machine.
Re: Scala for PC and other issues
Author: Victor Vargas G.
Date: Wed, 17 Apr 1996 08:20
Date: Wed, 17 Apr 1996 08:20
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In article <singh-1405952302380001@pool1-032.wwa.com>, singh@wwa.com (singh) wrote: > I admire the people who can stand by the Amiga. It's a great machine, unbelievable clever design. But I don't see what's wrong with having different tools for different applications. The attractiveness of Scala for PC and Lightwave for PC can't be ignored, so much so that I intend to get a PC as soon as I get a full time job (I'm doing freelance now.) For instance: while I would always do Modeling (Lightwave) on the amiga, I'd prefer to render on a pc. Time is money and a pentium is faster than an > lerator for the Amiga. Likewise, Scala PC does things the Amiga chipsets don't currently allow. Think of it .... > I hope this doesn't upset anyone -- it is merely my two cents on the matter and worth about that. People should just use what they need to use and or like to use and not fault other people for doing the same. I have no compunction about using a chair with casters and zipping around from machine to machine to machine. I've always tought that: use the right tools. I've been using Amiga for what is good (fast realtime animation creation and playback, easy integration of graphics & video, intuitive multimedia authoring) but I use also Macs (real and emulated) for those things that aren't so well supported: DTP, Web authoring, Netscape... Like many around the c.s.a. groups, my relation to the Amiga is highly sentimental since we've seen it grow and in my case at least it has made us grow too, both intellectually and work wise; this doesn't make me blind to its obvious shortcomings today in respect to everybody else. What really PISSES me off, however, is seeing the preponderance of the GatesBoxes, and maybe more the stupidity of companies that rest on their laurels and lose everything (Apple, C=)... Seems in a couple of years it will be Windows or else... Now all this VisCorp buyout stuff has really made me think: what if Amiga truly goes down this time? Will I have to invest more time and money on a system that is also on the verge of disaster (Mac)? Or will I have to cringe and make Bill a few thousand dollars richer? What's next, wearing uniforms and chant "Start me up" while marching in step to buy Doom7...? Sorry for the 'optimist' and out of topic post... -- Victor Vargas G. Amiga 3D animation & video graphics/Mac DTP
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