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From: [e-mail] (Len Stys)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Is Falcon worth buying?
Date: 12 Sep 1992 02:32:13 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
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In a previous article, [e-mail] (Mark Kovarski) says:

>[e-mail] (V.G.J.M. Stoks) writes:
>>In <[e-mail]> Mark Kovarski <[e-mail]> writes:
>>
>>
>>
>>>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"?


Now, you must be really ignorant as to what the Falcon 030 was built for.

It was designed as a home computer.  It was not designed to compete
with the big boys...

Though, it can probably do so...  I have no idea what you would need
64 megs for in home computing!!!  Give me a break...

Maybe after you hook up the Sound blaster and all of these other
cards to a PC, you'll need that much memory, but I'll doubt you'll
ever need it on the Falcon 030.

And let's see, you may need it to run Windows, but I'll doubt you'll
need it to run S 4.0.

Let's face it, IBM compatibles are having growing pains and you are
paying for the medical bills! :)

>
>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

Well, I KNOW what the Falcon was built for, do you?

>
>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).


Well, if being cheap means that I will be dishing out a few hundred
dollars less for word processors, databases, DTP software, etc.
than you, I like what cheap is all about!

The funny thing is, it is pretty much the same thing.

And don't even mention Word Perfect, the software is still full of
bugs.  I find them all the time and the copany can't explain the
problems...

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

This is the difference between people that own Atari's and people
who own PC compatibles:  Atari users know all about marketing because
they talk about what Atari needs to do.  They know what going
after niche markets is.  They know what it means to OWN affordable,
yet powerful software.

You know, I've learned a lot owning an Atari computer!

>
>Mark K.
>Internet: [e-mail]
>

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