##66848 Quick/ProWrite
Wayne:
Sorry I couldn't get back sooner. If I remember right VHS won out because
it could tape more on a cassette than BETA. I think it had something to do
with taping football games.
I agree that we need better stuff for the Amiga. That is why I am
complaining about ProWrite and QuickWrite. I think it's bad that ProWrite
can only handle one printer font correctly. QuickWrite can handle three
but without double width printing. The normal (graphic) printing of
ProWrite is not very good looking or legible in sizes similar to Pica. I
wouldn't want to send a resume out printed with them and expect to get the
job. If the inferior PC can turn out better looking reports, letters, etc.
it's not really telling people that the Amiga is a superior machine does
it?
When I demonstrate my Amiga to friends I have to tell them in all honesty
that if they really love the machine go ahead and buy one, but it they want
an allaround computer at reasonable cost for which they can find just about
any kind of software go with the PC. When I bought my A2000 I was not very
happy with the headache that I got from the flickering. I couldn't
understand why Commodore put out a machine that would give headaches to
people. When one adds the price of a flickerFixer and a VGA monitor to the
price of the A2000 it is a fairly expensive computer. So, I think
Commodore made some boo-boos when they marketed it. The PC started out as
a business machine but now it is even taking away the games from the Amiga.
I got the A-10 Tank Killer for my wife's PC and it's beautiful. I also
bought it for the Amiga hoping that it would be even greater. Well, it was
the PC program revamped for the Amiga, and the graphics were worse! That
sure thought me a lesson about the 'ultimate' game machine. Only time will
tell how will the AMiga fair in the future.