CompuServe Thread

Both machines have their place. I too have a PC clone (33Mhz 486) for various reasons, but when it comes to real multi-tasking, the Amiga has it beat hands down. Note that I run OS/2, and DOS5/Windows on the machine. Also, don't think that it is necessarily cheaper in the PC world. Software is definitely more expensive and the class of machine that (IMHO) rivals an Amiga for performance is none too cheap. In the long run, you are the one that has to be happy.

I imagine you have had a belly full of smart replies by now…. Personally I don't see the Amiga as taking on water, let alone sinking. To look to Computer Shopper for advice is not exactly the logic I'd use for what will be around tomorrow. First of all, Computer Shopper was sold awhile back to Ziff Davis publications. (They are a PC Magazine company. They understand nothing about the Amiga or any other computer. Having only the PC and Mac to cover will make their life simpler. If you will notice they do not cover anything else at all, anymore. Which is in keeping with the parent corporation philosophy.) Stable….???? Evidently your version of Winows 3.0 didn't trash your harddrive, and doesn't crash with the regularity of WB 1.1. (Mine did both!) More software… Yup! Of course there is more C 64 software than anything else in the world! Perhaps you'd like to go back to one of those for a broader choice. More hardware…. Well to be sure there are more vendors selling the same hard drives under differrent names, the same is true of mother boards, drive controllers, video cards etc. Once you've got your basic machine set up, it gets a bit more even. How many genlocks, video digitizers, audio digitizers, etc. are available for MS-Dos, and at what price? They aren't cheap, and they are very particular about what formats they support. Last but not least, in the desktop video market, Amiga has a 73% market share. When you get ready to donat that A2000, drop me a line, there are a few charitable organizations around here that can really use it.