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- From: davidli@simvax.labmed.umn.edu
- Subject: Re: Convince me to stick with Atari.
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- Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 18:39:46 GMT
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- In article <H.ea.o3KuEmskWp2@semprini.tdkcs.waterloo.on.ca>, cherborth@semprini.tdkcs.waterloo.on.ca (Chris Herborth) writes:
- >I'd like to hear some arguments convincing me to stay with a sinking
- >ship, Atari.
- ...
- >Let 'er rip folks. If I'm going to have to replace all of my software
- >anyway, I'd rather do it with _quality_ software with a decent
- >interface. Right now, a '486 system with OS/2 on it is looking _very_,
- >_very_ attractive.
-
- Try looking for a '486 system from a company which offers at least 2 years
- parts and service warranty. Because you didn't mention a price range, and also
- because you mentioned the Apple Macintosh IIci in your posting, I would expect
- you have somewhere in the neighborhood of $2500-$4000 to spend on the machine.
-
- Invest in at least 500 megabytes for a hard drive, and tape backup system.
- If you get interested in one of the desktop UNIX environments, you'll find that
- it eats up large chunks of your hard drive. Without a tape backup (look for a
- SCSI 4 mm DAT device, or the more 'standard' 8mm tape devices), you're going to
- find yourself frustrated at least once when it is of major importance to have a
- backup. A CDROM drive is also becoming 'standard equipment'. Be sure the one
- you get can handle the KODAK CDROM disks.
-
- Don't stint on the monitor purchase. While there are plenty of cheap VGA
- monitors around, expect to pay around $800 for a good, multiply-synced monitor.
- The 17" CTX Proscan we have works well at the higher screen densities, and has
- the advantage of being pluggable into a IIsi (non-synced, of course). The
- reason I emphasize the monitor is that you mentioned a desire to do a bit of
- animation and graphics rendering. You can have the fastest CPU on earth and
- the graphics will still be terrible if you purchased a cheapo superVGA card and
- nominal monitor.
-
- I'm not going to mention Atari at all. You appear to feel that the company is
- a 'sinking ship'. With such an attitude (and it may very well be the correct
- one), you're always going to feel 'cheated' if you purchase a new Atari
- machine, regardless of how good or well-suited they may be to your
- applications.
-
- -- DPZ
-