Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!aurs01!roberson From: roberson@aurs01.UUCP (Charles "Chip" Roberson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Just gripin'... Message-ID: <59373@aurs01.UUCP> Date: 4 Dec 90 13:44:12 GMT References: <249@stbimbo.UUCP> <1990Nov29.211142.10967@wam.umd.edu> Sender: news@aurs01.UUCP Reply-To: roberson@aurw04.UUCP (Charles "Chip" Roberson) Organization: Alcatel Network Systems, Raleigh NC Lines: 25 >In article mg20+@andrew.cmu.edu (Michael Paul Greelish) writes: >The ST is dying. I have to agree. I had been planning on upgrading my ST to 4megs to run the GNU stuff, but I've decided to save the money for another machine. Personally, I'm partial to Sun and their prices are getting better all the time. I had wanted a NeXT I don't think it's going to make it either. With the new Sun SPARC 2 announced, the market for SPARC 1s will open up to us low-end types. I don't think I could ever buy an IBM drone. They have definitely overtaken the ST in raw computing power but I still don't think much of the architecture nor the OS and I don't like Intel chips. An apple is a possibility, but it too is limited and pricey as well. Power without the support isn't worth any price. -chip * Work: 2912 Wake Forest Road, Raleigh, NC 27609 (919) 850-5011 * (...!mcnc!aurgate!roberson) || (roberson%aurgate@mcnc.org) || * (71500.2056@CompuServe.com) || (Chip.Roberson@f112.n151.z1.fidonet.org) #include