Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!mcsun!sunic!tut!hydra!hylka!jalkio From: JALKIO@cc.helsinki.fi (Varsinainen sikapossu kuoli t{n{{n.) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: TT vs 386 boxes and Apple Message-ID: <1035@cc.helsinki.fi> Date: 21 Oct 89 00:47:03 GMT References: <28320@shemp.CS.UCLA.EDU> Lines: 25 In article <28320@shemp.CS.UCLA.EDU>, stephen@oahu.cs.ucla.edu (Stephen Whitney) writes: > > Sure, Mac IIx, cx, and ci machines are nice. They're also _really_ expensive. > If the TT truly has VME slots (yes, they _are_ a standard, even at 16 data bits)and SIMM-based memory along with 512k of ROM space, it will be quite user > expandable. We'll be able to plug in new and better graphics cards, run > UNIX with hardware memory protection (built into the '030), and expand our > memory quite effectively. With the SCSI port, we'll have cheap hard disks, and > the built-in video modes are nothing to sneeze at. > I think exactly the same way! To me, it is very significant that Atari can really make computers affordable. For example, a ST costs less than a third of the price of a MAC, at least here in Finland - and THAT is something to think about... Where does all the extra money the Apple takes go? You can even emulate a MAC with a ST faster than a real MAC. I hope (and believe) that the TT will be the first truly affordable machine for Unix-usage. It takes no effort to make a good but expensive computer. It is much more difficult to make a computer that is as good but many times cheaper! I think that's one of the reasons for why there still are some atarians on this planet.... Jouni