NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #20/NN_1992_20.iso/spool/comp/sys/atari/st/13651

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From: [e-mail] (Mark Kovarski)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Is Falcon worth buying?
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Date: 11 Sep 92 18:38:36 GMT
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[e-mail] (V.G.J.M. Stoks) writes:
>In <[e-mail]> Mark Kovarski <[e-mail]> writes:
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>>So what are they really looking for? Another computer that will collect dust
>>after a few months of use. Or are they looking around them and see no
>>software that will take advantage of its new functions. Heck, if I see
>                    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>            This is bullsh*t. (Excusez le mot). I worked at a
>            company during my vacation where some LASER 286
>            and 386 were used, with extended (or expanded,
>            see, what a stupid system?) memory of about 3 MB.
>            The old programs were too stupid to notice it and
>            it cost a few days ($$$$$$$!!!!!) to get the thing
>            set up right. And even now things don't work well.
>            Now take an Atari. You plug in more memory (or
>            have it soldered in, those PC slots are a good
>            idea, true). You take any program, and hey presto!
>            It uses the memory AUTOMATICALLY. No config.sys.

There MIGHT be some problems for novice users to set-up a PC right but
usually its very easy. At least I can put 64 Meg on my motherboard how about
the Falcon030? 14 Meg and that's it. What do you do if you run out? Wait until
Atari releases a new computer that will be able to fit 15 Meg? I agree, it
might be a little bit expensive but the advantages are enormous. BTW,
every body seems to talk about the Falcon. Can you tell me where I can buy i
NOW? Ohhh, how much are those memory upgrade modules? I hear everything WILL
BE available but where is it? Where are all the "ports"?

Let's get real, who are we bulls******.....

>>major names like Borland, Microsoft, Lotus Corp., and more I might consider
>>it since it would have potential. Otherwise, another item for the local
>>museum. Your DSP, SCSI-2, 45 trillion color modes are the same arguments
>>that 16 year old kids make on Atari Corp. conference in North America called
>>"AEO."
>
>Borland OK, but if big nasty ugly Microsoft and Lotus, or maybe even

>WordPerfect Corp would lay their hands on poor Atari, I'd have nowhere
>else to go but Archimedes. Look here, people who wish to use dogs like
>dBASE, WP or Lotus shouldn't but an Atari. We don't want PC software
>clones on our nice computer. We want nice, GEM-using, Atari specific
>programs, which can import and export to the formats of WP and Lotus,
>for example, anyway. The stupid software available for PC's are one of
>the main reasons I DON'T WANT ONE. I can tell, I've had to work with
>the programs I mentioned. And as I said before, I'd trade WP for even
>the oldest version of First Word Plus. (I bet you're thinking of the
>many features that one doesn't have and WP does, but I'm talking about
>the user interface. And there are many ST wordprocessors which have as
>many functions as WP, for less than half the price. Gee, I just
>thought of another reason not to buy PC's. Sure, you get a 786-100GHz
>machine for under xxx$, but you'll have to spend about the price of
>the machine itself for a wordprocessor. Stupid. Unless of course, you
>do as many (almost all) PC users and get yourself an illegal copy.)

You want Borland, which is basically a PC based company, but you don't
want any others? You want ST software that will be able to import/export
WP and Lotus files but you have PC compatible computers? Why do you need
such a function if you hate PC computer so much?
If you believe that WP is the same as First Word Plus you must have a
serious problem. Why isn't Atari software review in major publications
such as Byte, PC Magazine, and so on? They review Mac software as well but
NEVER-EVER Atari software. Even DTP, nothing in that cathegory. Do I have
have to spend thousands of dollars on a word processor package? No. Do I
have to spend a few hundred dollars? Maybe. Will I spend it? I did and
will continue to do so since a good package deserves the support. Do you
know what it comes down to? Being CHEAP! That's exactly what killed Atari
support and major developers such as Borland will not support Atari any
longer. If you want a good package for the Atari you have to spend a few
hundred dollars anyways (Calamus, Notator, CuBase, and many more).

>
>A bit of a hasy posting, and I'll probably get flamed for it. But I'll
>happily sacrifice myself for getting people to understand that Atari
>users generally WANT Atari's and their programs, or they'd have bought
>a PC in the first place.
>
>>Mark K.
>>E-Mail: [e-mail]
>
>Sander SToks
>[e-mail]

I know the truth hurts but life is though...

Mark K.
Internet: [e-mail]