Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uwm.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!nic.MR.NET!umn-cs!moreno
From: moreno@umn-cs.CS.UMN.EDU (Andres Moreno)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: TT vs 386 boxes and Apples
Message-ID: <16476@umn-cs.CS.UMN.EDU>
Date: 22 Oct 89 22:28:49 GMT
References: <CMM.0.88.624863922.cmm1@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu> <46587ca5.14a1f@force.UUCP> <1049@cc.helsinki.fi>
Reply-To: moreno@umn-cs.cs.umn.edu (Andres Moreno)
Organization: CSci Dept., University of Minnesota, Mpls.
Lines: 20

I think that this argument regarding what machine is better is going nowhere.
It seems that some people like their computer the same way they like their
children: blindly.  There is no question that you get more crunch for your
money in the IBM world NOW. You can pick up a 12Mhz AT compatible with a  
30Mb hard disk for $1200. You can also get the famous hot 386 box for under
$2000. Atari prices just aren't what they used to be. The world changes. I
don't program the way I used to. Now, instead of assembler, I use C. If I
want to have fun, I use LISP. Let me tell you that I have the nicest ST
lisp in the world and does not hold a candle to PC-Scheme. Therefore, for
me, (* I am not saying for everyone *) a hot PC is a better machine. This
was not the case a few years ago.

	If you feel that you must uphold the Atari name, please go to your
nearest Tramiel temple (i.e. Atari dealer) and give a donation.

Andres

P.S.  If the famed TT does beat the price/performance of the 386 box *and*
      I can get good software support for it, I am willing to eat my words,
      but until then, let me propose you look at the facts.