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Article #23216Re: Convince me to stick with Atari.
From: Chris Herborth
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 22:04
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 22:04
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In <93009.183252SML108@psuvm.psu.edu>, <SML108@psuvm.psu.edu> writes: > Well I cannot dissuade you from buying a '486 but I can tell you why > I'm never buying a mac... All excellent points... Another one is the absurd cost of peripherals. Compare the price of a SyQuest or something with a comparable drive on a PC, even an external one with its own case/powersupply. > Like you, I want to buy a Falcon or an Amiga, But I'm waiting. I am afraid > brute force on the PCs will ultimately overtake the design elegance of these > machines. I'll still keep my 1040 though... I just need to get X running > on it and I'll be happy for some time yet. The NCDs in my lab only have > 8 Mhz 68000s and they are perfectly adequate X terminals... I've looked and decided Macs are far too expensive for what you get. Also, you end up with better hardware (surprise!) and software that's about as good (anybody use Microsoft Word lately? I hate MS, but Word is kinda nice...). I think X on an ST is pretty much a pipe dream... Sure it's possible, but who's going to develop it? Used Suns are pretty cheap, and if you need unix/X, why not get the real thing? -- -------------------========================================------------------- Chris Herborth cherborth@semprini.tdkcs.waterloo.on.ca
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!uunet.ca!xenitec!tdkcs.waterloo.on.ca!semprini.tdkcs.waterloo.on.ca!cherborth From: cherborth@semprini.tdkcs.waterloo.on.ca (Chris Herborth) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Message-ID: <H.ea.j4q4EfvkubE@semprini.tdkcs.waterloo.on.ca> Organization: InterZONE Design Subject: Re: Convince me to stick with Atari. References: <H.ea.o3KuEmskWp2@semprini.tdkcs.waterloo.on.ca> <93009.183252SML108@psuvm.psu.edu> Reply-To: cherborth@semprini.tdkcs.waterloo.on.ca X-Software: HERMES GUS 1.04 Rev. Sep 5 1992 Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 17:04:56 EST Lines: 27