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- From: dmb@case.ai.mit.edu (David Baggett)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
- Subject: ADVOCACY: Re: Porky pig.
- Date: 12 Jan 1993 05:46:38 GMT
- Organization: MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
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- In article <11648@uqcspe.cs.uq.oz.au> warwick@cs.uq.oz.au writes:
- >dmb@case.ai.mit.edu (David Baggett) writes:
- >
- >>Atari's simply aren't competetive anymore. Face it, if you bought a
- >>new machine, would it be an ST?
- >
- >>If so, then you really are deluded
- >>beyond all hope. Apple's soon not going to even HAVE a 68000 machine
- >>in their line -- they're just too darn slow by today's standards.
- >
- >Wakey-wakey Dave. Atari's soon not going to even HAVE a 68000 machine
- > in their line -- they're just too darn slow by today's standards.
-
- Warwick! I was beginning to feel let down that you weren't
- contributing anymore! Like it or not, though, the 68000-based machines
- are really the only affordable machines Atari has. The TT is no longer
- even vaguely competitive from a price/performace standpoint. As for
- the Falcon, it's already a bit behind the times, but it'll certainly be
- a vast improvement over the ST. If Atari sells the Falcon for $250,
- I'll buy one. How's that? THAT would be competitive.
-
- Of course, they have to MAKE them first. Minor detail. Darn
- pesky factory workers! Can't even pronounce "Tra-mell" correctly,
- much less meet their production quotas.
-
- >If you bought a "new machine" and it was an ST, then you've just popped
- >through a time warp. Check out the prices 1040STe's are being flogged
- >off at by long-term Atari dealers - it's a runout sale. I picked up
- >a SM146 for $AU190, which is quite a saving!! They're all about to
- >become obsolete [though the SM146 is a *nice* monitor!].
-
- ST's are being dumped left and right because they're becoming door
- stops. Nobody wants a computer for which no new software is being
- written any more than they want an 8-track tape player. ("All my
- tapes sound JUST FINE on my 8-track. I don't NEED a CD player.")
-
- >Smell some roses for a change.
-
- This is finally getting fun again! :)
-
- Dave Baggett
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