Pinto opened this issue on Sep 19, 2002 ยท 45 posts
XENOPHONZ posted Thu, 19 September 2002 at 8:21 PM
I used to have an Amiga. 4-processor based machine - and it was the first PC to do true multi-tasking.
The Amiga did 3D animations before anyone else - remember the red & white bouncing ball TV ads?
The Amiga was always much more popular in Europe than in the U.S.. I'm not sure why.
However, the Amiga is now in the dust-bin of history, although I seem to remember hearing that a German company bought the rights to the Amiga's design back when Commodore went under.
But you know - I've got my doubts that the Mac will go the way of the Amiga. If Apple is about to go under, then Mr. Gates will probably buy $500 million worth of "non-voting" Apple stock. I.E. - a gift to Steve Jobs.
I wonder why? Self-interest, perhaps? $500 million might be cheap at the price.
Now, back to my WinAMD machine (why do some people insist on using the insulting term "Wintel"? As a dedicated Athlon user, I'm deeply offended.)