CompuServe Messages

Gordon, I tend to answer most questions like yours, like this… My original Amiga, a 500, used a 7.something mhz 68000, and its GUI was just as snappy as the fastest 386 running Windows. My accelerated 2000, an "old style" machine, with a 28 Mhz '030, eats the lunch of the '486 I use at work. This is in terms of GUI "snappiness". The custom chips are what's responsible for this. Animations, even on "old style" Amigas, commonly run at 30 fps with no jerkiness. On my friend's 4000, he is able to run HAM8 animations at this rate…in 256,000+ colors. This is something you should see! Don't forget that '040's are "clock doubled". I believe that their FPU performance exceeds that of a '486, so things render pretty quickly. The Amiga OS is very fast, and it multitasks. I can't say enough about how well it enhances productivity. If you have used either Unix or OS/2, you are in for a pleasant surprise with AmigaDos. If you have used Windows, you are in for a revelation. You say that a '486-50 is just about 'comfortable'. Well, don't forget the old proverb about Windows being the best solution for turning a '386 into an XT 🙂