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- Path: sparky!uunet!portal!cup.portal.com!Bob_BobR_Retelle
- From: Bob_BobR_Retelle@cup.portal.com
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
- Subject: Re: PC Bigotrynex
- Message-ID: <74136@cup.portal.com>
- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 93 00:37:59 PST
- Organization: The Portal System (TM)
- References: <1993Jan20.115908.7362@gw.wmich.edu>
- <1993Jan21.161552.24920@newshost.lanl.gov>
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- Well said, John...
-
- And just for the record (and hoping that all the David PZs, and Marinos
- Yannikos' and Warwick Allisons out there are reading the words here, and
- not the blank spaces between them), while I might not go so far as to
- say that I think my 520 ST (original TOS 1.0 version) is the "best computer
- in the world", it IS the one I prefer to use, over all the other ones at
- my disposal...
-
- In addition to what you said about the impressions given by those who
- almost mindlessly either support or "bash" Atari computers, I think the
- same kind of impressions can be drawn from those who out of their seeming
- insecurity about their own computer find it necessary to "bash" everything
- and anything that's NOT the same as their chosen computer. I'm constantly
- amazed by the feeling that attacking or lying about a different kind of
- computer will somehow make "my" computer better...
-
- Unfortunately, as I mentioned in another posting, I think a lot of this
- is due to the effects of the market. People who own a computer in a
- thriving, vital market have better things to do with their computers than
- to engage in flamewars..
-
- The lack of new products to talk about, the lack of places to buy new
- things for our computers and the lack of a feeling of support gives us
- very little to talk about, and that vacuum becomes filled with the kinds
- of things that flamewars are born of...
-
- Saying "Well, there's nothing much new for my computer, but PCs suck"
- fills the void.. but doesn't say much for the person saying it...
-
- BobR
-