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Decissions, Decissions... *sigh*
« on: November 08, 2002, 04:44:56 AM »
My current PC is "state of the art" - AMD XP 2100+ CPU, 256megs 333Mhz DDR RAM, GeForce4 Ti 4600, etc.

Now my dilema is this, should I go all the way Amiga?

This is what has accured to me recently... and here is how I personally feel.

My Amiga 1200 + Blizzard 1260 + 32meg RAM system can do as much as my PC (listed above)... other than play "modern day" games of course. However I have consoles to play games on, also most PC games of today are released side-by-side with the consoles.

My Commodore 128D (once souped up with JiffyDOS, and SuperCPU + Wheels & The Wave) can do what my PC does.

My Macintosh 5260/120 - 120Mhz PowerPC computer, can do what my PC does also.

My decission (dilema) is should I sell my current PC, and upgrade my other 3 computers to better specs, then use my Amiga as my main computer, or should I just keep my current PC?

Personally i'd love to use my Amiga for my everyday computing, I mean... why should I use a "bragging rights" computer, when I should be using the computer(s) I really and truely love?

Computers now adays are so bogus it's not funny, they are purely for bragging rights only. Not to mention, trapped in a Microsoft world.

Commodore lead the way into computers, Amiga and Atari computers lead the way into true multimedia, Macs (Performa line(?)) was a mix of both generations, and should have stopped there, but look at it now, PC's not only are crap (too many bottlenecks in the architecture), but it's now for bragging rights only, and the PC market is literally a vaccume for money.

I'd rather spend my money on "true" computer(s) than the "wannabe" ones of today.

What is you all's opinion(s) on what I should do?
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Re: Decissions, Decissions... *sigh*
« Reply #1 on: November 08, 2002, 03:19:10 PM »
I run Linux on my PC. :-)
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Re: Decissions, Decissions... *sigh*
« Reply #2 on: November 08, 2002, 09:15:21 PM »
Here's the lowdown...

Game Consoles: PSX/PS2, Gamecube,  NES, SuperNES, Sega Genesis, Sega Master System, Sega Dreamcast, Turbo Grafx 16 DUO, Atari 2600.

Computers: Commdore 128D, Amiga 1200, Macintosh PowerPC@120Mhz

Most PC games now adays are released side-by-side with PS2, and Gamecube... so I might as well use those for "modern" games.

The money I could get out of my PC, could really help upgrade my Commdore 128D and Amiga 1200, and also possibly upgrade to a better Macintosh. :-D

My only issue with my Amiga, is the monitor I use is an old Commdore compatible 80 colum monitor... so I have it tooked up with the A/V cables.  I currently have a "640x256 resolution" (PAL ... even though I am used to NTSC, I somehow like PAL better.) and max colors at 256.

It's "normal" size, but i'm so used to 1280x1024. :-P

Plus I should get an Amiga monitor, and connect it the "correct" way, instead of RCA jacks.
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