Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uwm.edu!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!CUNIXA.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU!cmm1 From: cmm1@CUNIXA.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU (Christopher M Mauritz) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: TT vs 386 box and flames Message-ID: Date: 21 Oct 89 16:52:26 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Lines: 34 I logged on this morning to find a pleasant boxful of flames about my previous post. The overwhelming argument was "Gee, why I could buy 2 TT's for the price of one Mac IIcx [nobody touched the subject of my post...the fact that 80386 25mhz machines are comparable in price]...ad nauseum.... Well, sure! That lil' TT will save you tons of money! As a matter of fact, you won't have to spend a dime on it cause you'll probably never see it. Now that's what I call a bargain. Hehe, you could put that 2.5K in the bank and earn interest. (Gee, Atari is actually doing us all a favor...How nice of them :-)) This whole argument for the cheapness aspect of the TT is like saying "Hey, why should I waste my money on a Corvette now, when I hear through the grapevine that Hyundai is working on this new nifty sportscar? Of course, I've never seen one and the company only produces cheap cars now with little or no support. What the hell, sounds like a bargain to me?" Meanwhile, back at the ranch, JoShmoe can buy a 25mhz 386 box with super VGA, hard disk and all the niceties (yes, even unix) for about 3-3K. AND he can buy it NOW when he needs it. TT>. Chris Mauritz p.s. If this sounds like Atari bashing , I guess it is. ------------------------------+--------------------------- Chris Mauritz |Where there's a BEER, cmm1@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu |there's a plan. (c)All rights reserved. | Send flames to /dev/null |Need I say more? ------------------------------+---------------------------