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From: jalkio@cc.helsinki.fi
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Why it is not power without price anymore?
Message-ID: <3412.272092ad@cc.helsinki.fi>
Date: 20 Oct 90 18:08:45 GMT
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In article <65661@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu>, kclenden@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Kevin Clendenien) writes:
> In article <3375.271cee3c@cc.helsinki.fi> jalkio@cc.helsinki.fi writes:
>>When the Atari ST came in the mid 80's it was the best price/performance
>>machine, I think. But now I have begun to think that it isn't it
>>anymore. I just hope they could have kept it that way... Well, now it
 (some of my own text deleted)
>>I think something has to be done. (And I wish something will be done,
>>since there is lots of nice software for the ST, too.)
>>
>>				Jouni
> 
> 
> Oh come off it!  I have a catalog from J&R Music World in front of me.
> Here are two prices it shows:
>   Atari 520ST-FM
>   68000 processor
>   512KB RAM
>   Built-in 3.5 inch disk drive
>   $329.95
> 
>   Atari 1040STE
>   68000 processor
>   1MB RAM
>   Built-in 3.5 inch disk drive
>   Blitter
>   Digital stereo
>   $599.95
> 
> When you can buy a mac for $600, you let me know.  Take a look at the 
> 520ST-FM price.  A 68000 based computer, with a 720KB disk drive for
> $330??!!?  Jesus, what do you guys want, a miracle?
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> kclenden@silver.bacs.indiana.edu                          Kevin Clendenien
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Well, as Mauritz said, even the low-end Ataris aren't incredibly cheap
anymore. But what I was talking about, were mainly NEW computers with at
least a 68030. The comparable models are A3000, Mac IIsi and Atari TT. I
suppose that these all will be priced about the same in the US. 
I am not interested in
the low-end Atari's since they are quite old technology and I already
have a MEGA4. I can't make up a good reason to choose an A3000, TT (or
even an IIsi) over the NeXT because for the same price I can get a
n-times more effective and valuable machine. IF Atari TT's would-be
price was about $3000 AND you could get a reasonable EDUCATIONAL
DISCOUNT, then I could consider buying it. 

But I can't continue supporting Atari only because they did some very
good things half a decade ago...

(If I had enough money I would keep the MEGA4 as a MIDI-platform on the
side of the NeXT. The best thing would be to get an Atari comparable to
the NeXT for the same price...)

				Jouni