Well, it seems that everybody has a rather low view of Atari today. So why did we all buy them? If you want a PC clone or a Mac or Unix box then get one and stop complainging! I got my TT last November for a number of reasons: (1)Unix machines are _way_ out of my price range (I did lust after a NeXT for a while, but reality eventually hit me in the face--and people shouldn't compare and Atari with a Next; they're a few thousand dollars different); (2) I still see PC's as suped-up 8 bit
machines (and have had little evidence otherwise); and (3) I could get an Atari with
a Mac emulator for less than a Mac or similar speed (and who really needs color on a Mac anyway--I've never had any use for it). So I've got my fast Mac, plus a free
Atari on the side (which, I've found, has more _useful_ PD software out there than anything short of a Unix). So are my reasons lagit?
And about the Falcon, I think that if Atari could actually manage to market these things right, it could be a big _cheap_ computer. Sure, maybe you could find a 386 in the same supposed price range, but with MIDI and DSP? My roommate forked out big money to put MIDI on his PC. As I see it, this is a musician's dream machine. I mean, what musician cares if his computer can beat a 386 in some meaningless benchmark? And the Falcon even has a TV output for those who don't care what their graphics look lik
e.
Anyway, the Falcon isn't even a competitor for the TT, and I think it's impossible to compare it to a NeXT. So if you like it, buy it; if not, then quit complaining.
--just my thoughts
-Paul Harris
paul@jupiter.ame.arizona.edu
p.s.
So what's the new key on the Falcon between 'Z' and the left-shift?
