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From: mroussel@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca (Marc Roussel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Re: Is it really worth it?
Message-ID: <1990Oct25.163544.27098@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca>
Date: 25 Oct 90 16:35:44 GMT
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     I've been finding everybody's responses to this thread rather
amusing.  The general gist (so far) has been "get an Amiga".  While the
Amiga is a nice machine, it's by no means the only choice.  Furthermore,
which machine to buy depends largely on what you want to use it for.
Perhaps we could get a more intelligent discussion going if the original
poster would tell us what his intended uses are.  There are a lot of
choices: PC's, Macs, Amiga's, even Atari ST's.  The last three products
can emulate other hardware platforms if that's important to you.  (Macs
can pretend to be PC's with software only, Amiga's can pretend to be
PC's with hardware, and Atari's can pretend to be either Macs or PC's
with hardware.)  OS's may also be a consideration to you.
     The original poster also mentioned buying a 286.  If you need to
replace your Commodore now, this may be a good choice.  They have
gotten to be almost unbelievably cheap.  However if you're just poking around
and thinking of buying a machine later, why not make it much later?  In the
last week or two, the news (the real news, not USENET) has been full of articles
on price cuts by the major manufacturers (COMPAQ, Apple, Zenith, and so
on).  Between that and Intel's increasingly aggressive pricing of the
386SX, you might want to wait a few months.  I think we have the makings
of a serious price war, especially with the economy turning rotten.

				Marc R. Roussel
                                mroussel@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca