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- From: cherborth@semprini.tdkcs.waterloo.on.ca (Chris Herborth)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
- Message-ID: <H.ea.j4q4EfvkubE@semprini.tdkcs.waterloo.on.ca>
- Organization: InterZONE Design
- Subject: Re: Convince me to stick with Atari.
- References: <H.ea.o3KuEmskWp2@semprini.tdkcs.waterloo.on.ca>
- <93009.183252SML108@psuvm.psu.edu>
- Reply-To: cherborth@semprini.tdkcs.waterloo.on.ca
- X-Software: HERMES GUS 1.04 Rev. Sep 5 1992
- Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 17:04:56 EST
- Lines: 27
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- In <93009.183252SML108@psuvm.psu.edu>, <SML108@psuvm.psu.edu> writes:
- > Well I cannot dissuade you from buying a '486 but I can tell you why
- > I'm never buying a mac...
-
- All excellent points... Another one is the absurd cost of peripherals.
- Compare the price of a SyQuest or something with a comparable drive on a
- PC, even an external one with its own case/powersupply.
-
- > Like you, I want to buy a Falcon or an Amiga, But I'm waiting. I am afraid
- > brute force on the PCs will ultimately overtake the design elegance of these
- > machines. I'll still keep my 1040 though... I just need to get X running
- > on it and I'll be happy for some time yet. The NCDs in my lab only have
- > 8 Mhz 68000s and they are perfectly adequate X terminals...
-
- I've looked and decided Macs are far too expensive for what you get.
- Also, you end up with better hardware (surprise!) and software that's
- about as good (anybody use Microsoft Word lately? I hate MS, but Word
- is kinda nice...).
-
- I think X on an ST is pretty much a pipe dream... Sure it's possible,
- but who's going to develop it? Used Suns are pretty cheap, and if you
- need unix/X, why not get the real thing?
-
- --
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- Chris Herborth
- cherborth@semprini.tdkcs.waterloo.on.ca
-