Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!sdd.hp.com!ucsd!pacbell.com!ames!haven!udel!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: Talking about other computers here Message-ID: Date: 1 Dec 90 01:12:19 GMT References: <568@organpipe.UUCP> <1990Nov30.153926.24198@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>, <1990Nov30.164644.1784@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> Organization: Class of '92, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA Lines: 35 In-Reply-To: <1990Nov30.164644.1784@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> Hey wait a minute! Here we go again with someone trying to tell other net posters what they can and cannot discuss on an open bboard... I mean, come on, lighten up. There *ARE* some things that have no business being mentioned on this bboard, but other computers (vis-a-vis Ataris) should be a "sanctioned" topic. After all, comparisons between computer systems are quite relevant. A feature that proves to be highly successful on one may very well show up on others. For my $0.02, here's my opinions on a few non-Atari systems: Amigas: cool, but pricey, and they could "disappear" like Ataris these days... Macs: cool, although still pricey even after reductions. However, I *KNOW* Apple will be around for quite a while... I want my customer support! NExts: veddy veddy cool, veddy pricey, and totally nonstandard. An experiment. IBMs: clunky and not very user-friendly. However, they *ARE* expandable. Timex-Sinclair 1000s: make good doorstops ...etc. *AND THESE ARE RELEVANT, FOLKS* (Well, sorta.) If Atari *FINALLY* comes out with the TT (I have yet to see one for sale), and it costs <$2000 (actually, I'd like even less, but...) and if it's accepted, and if Atari gets its marketing/support act together, then all I will talk about is Ataris. Their recent marketing waffles leave me wanting, however. ______________________________________________________________ |\ /| | \/ | ike Greelish Carnegie Mellon U. undergrad quote: "The truth hits everybody" ---The Police, 1978 stupid disclaimer: My opinions are dictated to me by a 23 year old telepathic Chilean aardvark living in my closet.