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From: Bob_BobR_Retelle@cup.portal.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit,comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: atari ABC  yea or nay  ????
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Date: 13 Nov 89 05:34:44 GMT
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"Big Bad Dom" asks:
>I am seriously thinking of buying a PC at the moment and I have basically
>decided on one of two models,

>		1)ATARI ABC

>		2)AMSTRAD 2086
 
>Does anyone have/know of the machine and if so could someone please
>offer me advice on buying it?
 
More important than the technical differences between the two machines is
the difference between the companies which make the computers.
 
Amstrad is a professional company which produces computers.  They have
established a world-wide reputation for delivering good, solid computers.
 
Atari Corp is a toy company which has established a reputation for being
poorly managed, and for its capricious treatment of its users, dealers
and suppliers.  While the "Atari ABC" may be the computer of the week now,
you may find yourself holding an obsolete system when they go off after the
next glittering gizmo and leave you with an unsupported orphan next week.
 
Then again, maybe they won't...  it's your gamble...
 
BobR