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Re: What was the first software when you went PC or Mac?
« on: May 02, 2010, 12:30:49 PM »
For me, it was having to write assignments for University back in 1994.  I couldnt afford a good printer so I'd write my work at home and take them on floppy to be printed.  The print server couldnt read Amiga disks and my Amiga had no word processing software so it was a cheap used 386 with Word on Win3.1 for me.
Interestingly, that machine felt much faster (25Mhz) than my A500, it was a fairly painless upgrade, I kept the A500 for games and the PC for work, they were apretty good team.
 

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Re: What was the first software when you went PC or Mac?
« Reply #1 on: May 07, 2010, 04:29:28 PM »
I remember a distinct point in time when PC games started looking better and having more features than their Amiga ports, one example was Syndicate which loaded in a few seconds, was higher resolution and ran faster/smoother on my friends 486.  This was when I knew the game was up for my trusty ole' A500.

It took me quite a while to start PC gaming though as the PlayStation took care of my gaming needs for a few years, I still prefer the (Amiga-like) put-disk-in-and-play  method of games on console compared to the PC's unexpected issues.