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From: hase@netmbx.UUCP (Hartmut Semken)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: How is Atari doing in Europe?
Message-ID: <715@netmbx.UUCP>
Date: 28 May 90 08:24:52 GMT
References: <1446.265e45ff@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu> <30241@cup.portal.com>
Reply-To: hase@netmbx.UUCP (Hartmut Semken)
Organization: netmbx, Berlin, West Germany
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In article <30241@cup.portal.com> Bob_BobR_Retelle@cup.portal.com writes:
>There are also stories that Atari's onetime lead in the European market is
>beginning to slip...  I too would like to hear some factual reports from
>"real people" in Europe...

True.

The ST and Mega line tend to loose against the Mac (an Mac SE, 1/20
sells for DM 2700 under "student discount" and a Mega 2 with Atari or
third party harddisk is a bit more expensive).

Used Mac II and Mac IIx appear around DM 5000 to 8000 with 2MB/40MB.
Since the long ago promised TT still fails to show up, it will have to
be extraordinary cheap (rumor says, it will sell for DM 6500 with
monochrome monitor ans 30 MB HD; this is to much to compete with a SE30,
I think), if it finally arrives.

the ST line is loosing ground against everything that can be easily
expanded like the Amiga 2000 (some cards are actually availeble :-) or
386SX PClones (386SX machines with 1MB/20MB and VGA color monitor start
at DM 3000...)

hase
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