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#NEW AMIGA!

    18-Oct-93 00:07:01
Sb: #118509-#NEW AMIGA!
Fm: GREG TEEGARDEN 71175,3026
To: Tim Lloyd 100267,1377
PMJI here, but SGI certainly has it's act together, while CBM dosen't. Yes it's true that software for an SGI is CONSIDERABLY more expensive than Amiga apps, the prices of the stuff is falling fast. Last year, a full blown version of Alias Power Animator cost over $50,000! You can get an even better version now for around $20,000, and while that's still too expensive for the average user, the point is that prices for the stuff is falling fast. When you can by a base Indy for under five grand, the application prices will follow suit. THey have to, as the *low* end is catching up to the *high*, and we'll all see a meeting of the two very soon. What CBM has to is adopt a RISC based achitecture, and soon, if it wants to be able to run the type of software that people will demand. The one thing about the Amiga that always blows my mind is how awfull most of the software for it is, while SGI stuff shines. -GT