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In <1993Jan11.021216.13462@bsu-ucs>, 01mbmccabe@leo.bsuvc.bsu.edu writes:
> My thoughts to that point (thinking more generally) are that MOST people don't
> NEED to program in GNU C++.  This places a hard-drive back into the nice-but-
> still-a-luxury catagory.  Sorry, it's still $$ (and a maybe a smattering of
> nostalgia) that holds me out of the clone-realm.  I'll probably cross the
> threshhold some time after a hard-drive for this ST costs more than a complete
> clone system.  And that's not likely to happen soon.

Well, _I_ program in GNU C++ (ok, so I'm just learning...), and _I_ do
rendering, and _I_ do DTP...  and I'm getting flamed by some of the
other posters for daring to suggest the ST might not be up to snuff for
what I do.

BTW, check out misc.forsale.computers for used hard drive prices.  I
bought a 50M Quantum for $80 a few months ago...

> I believe someone said something about that being a beta copy, or unliscenced
> or something.  Of course pirating is not so unfamiliar to many clone users.

How exactly does one pirate a CD-ROM?  650M hard drives aren't exactly
cheap...  ;-)

From what I've read, it's a beta of OS/2 2.1...  MS sold millions of
copies of the Windows 3.1 beta (Windows 3.0, remember that one?)...

> Anywho, it sounds like you're on the right track.  Buy what you need.  Use
> will-power.  Buy only what you need.  The clone-realm is prone to draw a man to
> gadget hell.  Look at them, look at what Atari can do, look at what MAC can do.  
> Good luck!

Precisely why I'm trying to collect as much info as possible...  I
figure I'm pretty immune to the clone sales droids, but my fiancee's
father isn't...

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Chris Herborth
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