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- From: hjwulfso@unix.amherst.edu (Harris Wulfson)
- Subject: Re: word on US falcons???
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- Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 19:10:26 GMT
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- How can Atari be competetive when it can't even get the product
- to the public!? This is a problem that Atari is suffering from:
- Too little too late. When I bought my 1040ST it was only after I
- got fed up with waiting for the Mega. Now I want a Falcon, and I
- can't get it. If Atari had masses of Falcon030s to sell to the
- US market RIGHT NOW, they would sell like mad in the music and
- home markets (lots of power for the buck AND a DSP). But by the
- time it is widely available, it will be too late. NeXT and Indigo
- already have DSP's and I think Apple is working on it. Also, 68040
- computers arwe the wave of the _present_! Atari, as usual will get
- blown away by better technology from other manufacturers who can
- deliver on time. I read lots of rumors on this newsgroup and on the
- Macintosh Hardware newsgroup, and the difference is that the Apple
- rumors come true. Apple was working on the Mac IIvx, Duos, and new
- powerbooks for release on Oct. 19, and they were all released and
- available on Oct. 19. With Atari, there is always agonizing frustration
- for the customer waiting to get his hands on new machine. Unless
- Atari can ship faster, it will ALWAYS be behind.
-
- Harris Wulfson
- hjwulfson@amherst.edu
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