Interface - PC vs Amiga: Is AMIGA RULEZ? First impressions neophyte.

     (C) Ray / AURYN / CPU


           Is AMIGA RULEZ?


     By writing this article, I have pushed a variety of 
thoughts and feelings overwhelmed me during the last three

months prior to purchasing AMMY.

     This should take into account the fact that I work not 
only on SPECCY (4 years), but I have some experience

work (7 years) on a PC.

     So the question of choice: what to buy
Home - PC or AMIGA was for me very
hard hit. Another would be: for one and the
same amount of money ($ 650) to take
P166/32/2/2/SB16/12sp with the monitor or
A1200/Blizzard1230/50/32 Fast / HDD 1, 6Gb
without it, and sidyuka.

     And with all that implies
take into account the fact that the PC I bad
I know, but about the AMIGA, mostly heard
only that it rulez, so have seen a few demos and toys with 
A600. In addition, PC I could gather during this

term by parts, the Amiga also had to take
once complete. Yes, and compacts with pisishnym software except 
in the toilets do not sell to AMMY same for the software should 
go into capital.


     But anyway, I made these three
months and bravely gained the required
amount repeatedly banishing seditious
the thought of buying a PC. And now, AMIGA I
on the table, playing Hippo Player, and more
begins the narrative of the adventures of
Amiga kettle (kettle YET) ...

     This article is written for quite some time, and
the accumulation of my experience as amizhnika is very likely 
that it will conflicting points.



     A week had passed since the purchase ...


     To be honest, I bought Amiga in
80% of all succumbed to the pain known
each spektrumistu slogan "Amiga -
rulez! ". And what sinklerist not dreaming
on the Amiga? Yes, almost any (as I
I think). But here's what she told him, who badly
represents. Available fragmentary information from experts AMMY 
little something to help (I climbed in the INTERNET, read the 
FAQ on the Amiga . There asking about this (like 'what is

Copper? ") that I, as a user to nafig not
needed. And where do you find the answers to some simple (?) 
Issues beginning Amiga user? I can answer: "Duc, on the 
Internet on IRC ". But I do not have unlimited access to the 
Internet, to sit on IRC. But many do not access to the Internet 
... You can, of course, in our area to find the special on 
Amiga. Yes here Once he is busy, his head hurts, then something 
else. And so it has to seek answers for yourself. Here are some 
findings that I want you share.


     Immediately warn you that I will compare the Amiga to PC 
(if possible objectively), based on my needs. Above I resulted 
in the specific configuration of PC and AMIGA . Why exactly are 
they? Very simply: a pisyuk me at work, and this Amiga - Home. 
Go to my PC monitor is connected SONY SFT100, to the Amiga - a 
color TV. And I'm working on that and on another machine almost 
daily. 

     First, the general impression. At first I
was a little disappointed ... Speed
- Compared to a PC at work with discs
slightly retarding, when working with windows
the Workbench, with 16 colors - much like
in Win'95, but if you put 256 colors
slow decent. (Although why 256 colors in the Workbench? It 
seems to me, and 16 of the surpluses ...) Transactions with 
screw much slower than the PC (such as copying large files), 
although it may be my just the brake screw (2 "Seagate

1, 6 Gb). True inhibition and significantly
only in this case, since the AMIGA not climb constantly on the 
screw, and the size of the programs small. What about graphics 
as long as nothing I can not say, since to compare features 
SVGA monitor and a TV - is nonsense. I can only say that the 
resolution 260H200 max 256 color mode, NTSC.

Incidentally, in this mode, the image more
clearer than in the PAL 's, although slightly flattened 
vertically. Seamlessly with to AMMY SVGA monitor ACER view - a 
good impression. As for programs, graphical editors are not as 
heaped as on a PC and are not so difficult to understand. And 
finally, the music ... That here to say ... it simply must 
hear! A if you move away from emotion, something like the sound 
I heard on the PC only Sound Blaster AWE 64, but to mine (and 
not only) a subjective opinion, AMMY reproduces Mouzon steeper 
(check one and the same MOD - file).



     Three weeks from date of purchase ...


     All of this is due to the influence of work on the 
virtually "naked by software "machine. After some

time I have the necessary software kit AMMY
and I can definitely say - PC "resting" in comparison with it. 
A menu of configuration options at all to say nothing - It must 
be seen ... The truth is, if the work is slight slowdown, but 
it does not go to any comparison with tormozizmom PC, when for 
half an hour WIN'95 SWAPO. 

     And if you need an example, the Amiga emulsion
PC program PCx (without FPU) about
as XT - shku. Anyway, in LEXICON
'E can work without problems!

     But that is a special thrill, because
is the realization that with the Amiga, I acquired a PC, Mac 
and, of course, SPECTRUM! It's just RULEZZZ!!! By the way, this 
text recruited in the LEXICON 'e on the Amiga under the 
emulator. When it saw my friends pisishniki, they gently 
"pulled away" ... 

     And now can be said about
Graphic: On my ancient TV set (Sadko) 24-bit graphics anyway 
almost worse than the SVGA - Monitor. 

     Many people wonder, "Is there an Amiga DOOM?" Yes! The 
same in accuracy. And to him suitable WAD - files from 
pisishnogo. And besides DOOM, there are other good toys 3D 
graphics abruptly than Not only DOOM, but also, say, DUKE NUKEM

. This, for example GENETIC SPICES. And about
Amiga demo I can not say, because words can not describe it! 
When rate of 3 megabytes of demo lasts Pulse

10 minutes, but it's so much crammed,
that simply amazed. I have seen similar
on the PC only if it is continuously read from the CD. And it 
took about 30 MB!


     Thus, the use of the Amiga
As a home computer question
does not cause, and, in my opinion, much preferable to the PC.

     And now that I did not like
on the Amiga. This, unfortunately, its use in professional 
work. Operating publishing and printing business,

I need a program for typesetting and image processing (multi), 
which on the Amiga as I have not seen, except, however 
PageStream, but for two reasons: 1. Lack of sufficient range of 
Russian fonts. 2. Absence SVGA-monitor (do layout on

TV - sado-masochism) to work with this program as possible.

Not so long ago with the help of Condor Soft
'A I managed to climb up to the Amiga and IRC
pogutarit there with the people. What I was able to
know? All more or less suitable for
professional use on Amiga
There is only ... for Macintosh. Ie:
due in Georgia emulator - and good cheer! (This is yet
answer is nothing - the emulator is also "wants"
SVGA - Monitor ...)"

     On all impressions. Now let
give some advice about buying an Amiga. In the price of the PCC 
"Computers for the public" is the description of some 
configurations Amigo. Information out there, in general, in 
good faith but there is a small "But ..." Many Spectrum 
magazines I have met such enthusiastic statements:

"Amigo - all for $ 300!". How wrong!
For this money we can take only the bare
Machine: 2 MB of memory and a floppy disk drive. A
to work effectively, we must axel +
Fast RAM + HDD - ie, another $ 300. Total
at least $ 600! And that's without a monitor and
CD-ROM'a. And with them - so the whole thing bucks
be. And today apiece
bucks you can get a very good
Pentyukhov (P200MMX/32/2/2/24sp/SB/14 "SVGA
monitor) ... So decide for yourself.

     True, there is another option if
your hands fastened to the right place - buying a A1200 board 
and put it in the body from the PC. Thus, you save $ 200 and 
get A1200T. Also, investing money in the Amiga, you will not 
find yourself in the place of the owner of PC, that is, buying 
a fancy computer, say for $ 1500, six months later

can not sell it for $ 900 (this is a real life example)!

     Then again, what do you computer? If you're going to write 
on it music - you have enough for the eyes and A600HD (

Octamed well and on it goes), for
many toys / old / enough for bare
Amiga, but to feel the beauty of this machine kicks in with 
her, you will need the above configuration, and

it costs money ...

     And another tip - immediately after
purchase Amiga drag it to a friend amizhniku and burn it all 
softovye bells and whistles - players, staring, etc.

Only then you will not be disappointed
as I was beginning (see above).


     To be continued ...