Silliest Computer Comparison Ever: 1986 Mac Plus Versus 2007 AMD Dual-Core

[Gregoshi]

I had an Amiga 1000. It really was a great machine. As Spino said, Commodore really blew it. It was most likely the amazing success of the C-64 that did in the Amiga as Commodore probably figured they didn't have to do any advertising to break into the business world. Even when they did try to advertise, it was just lame, lame, lame. The Amiga technology has been bought and sold a couple of time over the years, with grand plans to re-introduce it, but I've never seen anything other than words about its return. R.I.P. Amiga my friend.

[Lemur]

You guys are making me feel like a whelp. By the time I was able to afford my first computer, the Amiga was well on its way to oblivion. They hung around, though, for years at video houses ...

[Gawain of Orkeny]

R.I.P. Amiga my friend

I wouldnt bury the Amiga just yet

Look at all the stuff still coming out for it here

Truly a machine ahead of its time.

Heres
one for sale right close to me. High bid is currently only $122

[Slug For A Butt]

You know, I think I've still got an Amiga 500 kicking around in the darkest recesses of my mothers house along with a couple of C64's (1541 disk drive no less!) and a Spectrum 48k with Kempston.
I'd forgotten all about them until now. May have to dig them out and see what still works, man they'd make for a great boozy boys night in (anyone remember MatchDay 2 ?).

[doc_bean]

My first computer was a Commodore 64, I've had two Amiga's I believe, then moved on to a 486...

Those where the days !

[Gawain of Orkeny]

The C-64 is still my favorite pc of all time

Why dont other companies put a cartridge. slot on their pcs? In the old days they all did.

[Whacker]

You guys are making me feel like a whelp. By the time I was able to afford my first computer, the Amiga was well on its way to oblivion. They hung around, though, for years at video houses ...

Pfft, my first foray into the world of PC's was with my dad's insanely expensive 286's at his store. Our first home PC was a Apple IIe that I was never really fond of, our 2nd and the one that really got me interested was our Compuadd 386 with DOS 4.0 and Windows 2.0. Don't feel so old.

[Papewaio]

Amiga has been reincarnated btw... http://www.amiga.com/

[Stuperman]

I'm a little disapointed at the lack of specifics in the tests (how many word were counted/pasted/copied, ect..) and how one computer is Identified by the Brand (Mac) and another by the CPU (AMD). Why not Mac vs Dell, or Motorola vs AMD, as for the one boots way faster than the other, Does the Mac even have a HDD?

If it is a re-load-the-OS-every-time-you-boot system then of course the mac boots faster.

[Lemur]

I'm a little disapointed at the lack of specifics in the tests

Um, yeah, but it's a silly computer comparison. If you're not giggling, then you didn't get the point.

[Stuperman]

Um, yeah, but it's a silly computer comparison. If you're not giggling, then you didn't get the point.

I suppose,