Xref: utzoo comp.sys.atari.8bit:3114 comp.sys.atari.st:21563 Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!wuarchive!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!csd4.csd.uwm.edu!pi From: pi@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Peter J Ikusz) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit,comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: atari ABC yea or nay ???? Message-ID: <1025@uwm.edu> Date: 14 Nov 89 00:50:43 GMT References: <3353@vax1.tcd.ie> <23990@cup.portal.com> Sender: news@uwm.edu Reply-To: pi@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Peter J Ikusz) Followup-To: comp.sys.atari.8bit Organization: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Lines: 34 >>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. Sorry, Bob, I've worked with, sold, and used Amstrads. I wouldn't let my worst enemy buy one. They are junk. If you think Atari is only a toy company go to Europe. You will find out how extensively they are using their 'toys'. Pete I. I'm not an Atari loyalist, I just don't like the other expensive junk in the market. ( Amiga is OK, though, emphasis on OK ) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Movie Quotes of the 80's: "I'll buy that for a dollar!": Robocop "What's amatter Colonel Sanders, Chicken?": Dark Helmet "Poachers shooting at rabbits scare the big game away.": D.R.Scoundrels Pete Ikusz : PI@csd4.uwm.csd.edu : University of Wisconsin Milwaukee -----------------------------------------------------------------------------