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- From: sbp2@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu (SARA BETH PIWOWAR)
- Newsgroups: misc.consumers
- Subject: Re: Nintendo Game vs. 386sx Computer
- Message-ID: <1992Nov21.215826.28823@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu>
- Date: 21 Nov 92 21:58:26 GMT
- Organization: Lehigh University
- Lines: 52
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- In article <1992Nov16.194546.18890@awdprime.austin.ibm.com>, chuckt@austin.ibm.c
- om (Charles N. Tomlinson) writes:
- >
- >Well I have a problem I would like to get some opinions on. I have 2 children,
- >a 3 year old & an 8 year old. Earlier this year while at my mother-in-laws
- >house, the kids found an old Atari system that she had. We brought it home and
- >the kids have really enjoyed it. My wife and I were thinking about buying them
- >a new video game.
- >
- >Now here is the problem. I already have a 386sx computer in my home, and I hav
- e
- >a hard time justifying going out buying a Super Netendo 16-bit($140.00) to play
- >games on when I can do most of the same thing on my computer. So I guess what
- >I am looking for is some of your opinions on the pros and cons of the two.
- >Here are a few that I thought of:
- >
- >Pro for buying Nintendo:
- > 1. Simple to use. As I stated the kids are 3 & 8. The 8 yr old has no
- > problem with using the computer but the 3 yr does. It would be alot
- > easier for him to use the Netendo by himself.
- > 2. My computer would not be tied up all the time with the kids on it.
- > 3. Get to hear all the nice music that plays when you play the game. ;)
- >
- >Con for buying Nintendo:
- > 1. The computer has a more cpu power. ( 32 bit processor as apposed to 16 bit
- )
- > 2. All I would have to do is buy joy sticks for the computer (approx $50.00)
- > 3. The computer games cost about the same or cheaper. (Super Nintendo 16-bit
- > games are about $50.00 to $60.00)
- >
- >Well that is all I can think of right now. Please feel free to add to this.
- >With Christmas approaching, there may be others out there you are running into
- >this same problem of trying to decide what to get.
- >
- >Chuck T.
- >
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- Although I am only a college student, I suggest teaching your children to use
- the 386. They will undoubtedly need the computer background later, and $140
- is way to much to pay for a toy that you already have.
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