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- From: hank@longus.north.de (Derk Haendel)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
- Subject: Re: What makes a computer "exciting"..?
- Message-ID: <H.TWt_L7dwxD_@longus.north.de>
- Date: 27 Dec 92 09:48:38 GMT
- Article-I.D.: longus.H.TWt_L7dwxD_
- References: <1h2r5bINNqv5@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> <4895@wet.UUCP>
- <72180@cup.portal.com> <1992Dec22.125539.4044@cc.umontreal.ca>
- <72251@cup.portal.com> <1992Dec25.224936.17602@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>
- Reply-To: hank@longus.north.de
- Organization: Priv. Atari UUCP-Point 2887 Elsfleth
- Lines: 33
- X-Software: HERMES GUS 1.03 Rev. Apr 14 1992
-
- In <1992Dec25.224936.17602@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>, Dan Cable writes:
- >Bob_BobR_Retelle@cup.portal.com writes:
- >
- >>[ thoughtful but somewhat wordy stuff deleted ] 8 )
- >>So, what is it that makes a computer "exciting"...?
- >
- >Should one's choice of computer(s) be an emotional issue? I am forced to
- >agree with you that it is. "New" is what makes a computer "exciting". New
- >peripherals, new programs, new experiences of sight and sound. Newfound
- >functionality. This is what drives the ever upward spiral of processor
- >speeds and graphics resolutions. How many people really need 66mhz? For what?
- >How many things do you need to do that couldn't adequately be done on an 8
- >bit machine? I'm sure there are some but not many. Perhaps Atari's
- >salvation will be that they will market cans of "new computer smell" to
- >stimulate the users olfactory senses until Falcons arrive to tempt us with
- >new sights and sounds.
- >
- I've bought my Computer, because of the SM124 flickerfree-monochromemode!
- The many things I can do with my old MST 4 / TOS 1.2 serve me well, but
- since I do a lot of DTP now, I'd love to get a faster Computer, without
- changing the Software ;-)
-
- >Please accept my opinions on this matter in the light they were given even
- >if the original question was thought provoking.
-
- I hate postings like 'I have the best computer'. People who know, what they
- want to do with their computer, should buy the machine, on which they can
- do anything they want.
-
- Excuse my bad English HANK
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- hank@longus.north.de
- Derk Haendel, Ostpreussenstrasse 17, 2887 Elsfleth, Tel. 04404 - 3294
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