Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!att!linac!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!ub!uhura.cc.rochester.edu!rochester!pt.cs.cmu.edu!o.gp.cs.cmu.edu!andrew.cmu.edu!mg20+ From: mg20+@andrew.cmu.edu (Michael Paul Greelish) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Just gripin'... Message-ID: Date: 29 Nov 90 18:05:17 GMT References: <249@stbimbo.UUCP> Organization: Class of '92, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA Lines: 27 In-Reply-To: <249@stbimbo.UUCP> The ST is dying. If you want virtually anything for it, you'll have to mail order it. Living in a big city does help, however. J&R Music World in New York (I live in NJ, when I'm not in college in Pittsburgh) is one of the few major stores I've seen that still support the ST... although even their support is dying, the software section is 1/3 the size it was 3 years ago and the hardware section has all but disappeared. Get a Mac, not an IBM. IBMs are for corporate fascists, and besides, Macs are better (ease of use, etc.) Apple isn't about to fade into the woodwork like Atari periodically does. If you can't afford a Mac (get at least a IIsi, not a Classic (yuk, same slow processor as an ST, and 9" mono "graphics")) then get a Spectre GCR (wait for Version 3.0.) I dunno, Atari's new models aren't too impressive to me, price/performance wise... they may buy the farm for good this time. I'm getting a Mac IIsi if my parents can/will help me afford it (although it's pretty cheap here with student discounts, $3000 is still a lot of money) or a Spectre GCR if that's all I can afford. ______________________________________________________________ |\ /| | \/ | ike Greelish Carnegie-Mellon U. undergrad quote: "When you're bored, everything is your business." --Me stupid disclaimer: My opinions are dictated to me by a 23 year old telepathic Chilean aardvark living in my closet.