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- From: wmagro@uiuc.edu (William Magro)
- Subject: Re: Last time on this one
- References: <5JAN93.09425752@cc4.crl.aecl.ca>
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- Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
- Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 15:23:50 GMT
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- In article <5JAN93.09425752@cc4.crl.aecl.ca> csullogg@cc4.crl.aecl.ca
- writes:
- >...
- >As for Darek being level headed and right, that's a crock. Read
- >my previous post describing how I am right in my assessment
- >of upgrading an Atari vs a PC. Darek is making his comments in
- >light of today's environment; not with the historical picture
- >in mind.
- >
- >Why do you think he was an Atari enthusiast at one time? Could
- >it be the Atari had a user freindly operating system and a great
- >price when the alternative was an XT with DOS 2? Darek is
- >way off base in his arguments because it focuses on today's
- >market. Remember, I was referring to the last 7 years of the
- >market place.
-
- What you fail to realize is that, in making decisions about purchases in
- today's market, it is _only_ today's market that matters.
-
- Your argument that because STs _used_ to be cheaper than PCs means they
- are better today is like saying that, because the Cray YMP was the fastest
- computer for the money five years ago still implies that it is the best
- choice today, which simply is not true.
-
- Markets evolve, so what is cheapest today is not what was cheapest five
- years ago. Indeed, the XT->AT->386->486 route was not a good one for PC
- owners, but the 486 onward should be OK. Video modes are unlikely to
- improve much (except adding colors), and most of the PC hardware is
- stable. I forsee minor upgrades of PCs to be rather easy in the future.
-
- This, of course, doesn't change the fact that PC operating systems are
- crap. Use that as your argument to promote the ST.
-
- In short, your arguments are far from convincing.
- --
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- wmagro@uiuc.edu
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