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Re: What still makes Amiga superior today?
« on: May 19, 2008, 01:11:59 PM »
Very simply: it doesn't take several minutes to boot up and shut down!
And it still seems just as fast as my PC for everyday tasks, despite it being about 1/100th as powerful.
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Re: What still makes Amiga superior today?
« Reply #1 on: May 19, 2008, 04:43:19 PM »
Actually, what makes Amiga fun for me is that it's so much more fun to program.  Especially games, because the hardware stays still so I get the most out of it; PCs are boringly devoid of definite limitations, trying to get the most out of PC hardware is like chasing a carrot on a stick.  And it's not all APIs and abstraction layers on the Amiga either - proper, raw ASM and direct hardware access is where all the fun is.
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