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In <72174@cup.portal.com> Bob_BobR_Retelle@cup.portal.com writes:

>Mark Hughes writes some stuff:

>>I discovered that replacing my ST with another decent system, 
>>without taking any sacrifices (pathetic sound and OS on the PCs, weird OS 
>>and incompatibility on the Mac (not to mention their expense), etc.), I 
>>had to go up to a NeXT.

>Wow.. now THERE's an open mind for you..  too bad you didn't
>actually take a good look at what else is available in the world.

>In addition to the terrific sound and operating systems on PCs,
>and the smooth operating system on Macs, you also get the
>advantages of support from the company that made your computer,
>AND the not inconsequential benefit of wonderful software support
>from developers who are *happy* to be in the market.

You may well be able to claim that there are excellent  operating
systems  for  PCs,  no  problem so far. However, MS DOS, Windows,
Windows NoThanx etc. are not among them. Regarding Macs,  if  you
say  their  OS  is  smooth you must have taken a very superficial
look at it. I agree, the OS "looks and feels"  rather  neat,  but
beyond that surface there are nightmares and loads of weird stuff
buried. Beware.
Also, remember that there are a lot of  different  things  pepole
may  want to do with their computer. If someone just wants to run
a word processor, a spreadsheet and a graphics program, he can do
that on a PC running Windows or on a Mac, despite all the horrors
buried in them. Even more, a Mac or PC may actually suit  such  a
person's  need  better  than an Atari. But if someone wants to do
some programming too, he will probably be much better off with an
Atari.

What I'd like to point  out  is,  there  are  problems  with  all
systems  you  can  get  right  now, with Ataris, PCs Macs, Amigas
etc.etc. That's what life is like. Each system has its strengths,
and  each has its weaknesses. There's no point in making generals
statements about how great or how rotten the Atari computers are.
They  have  their  problems and they have their merits, and there
are enough advantages Ataris have over other systems  to  justify
the  claim  that  one can't move to another system without taking
any sacrifices unless he  moves  to  a  system  that  belongs  to
another league price-wise and performance-wise altogether.

Greetinx, Jan

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