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From: rost@aqua.enet.dec.com (BRost)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Just gripin'...
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Date: 5 Dec 90 13:42:10 GMT
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In article <obJIrRW00WAx8B1lRW@andrew.cmu.edu>, mg20+@andrew.cmu.edu (Michael Paul Greelish) writes...
>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'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.

$3000 is a REAL LOT of money.  Maybe my STs aren't Macs, but I've invested all
of $500 in my Atari stuff.  I just  can't see where buying a "home" computer
for the price of a car is a good move, sorry.   

					Brian Rost @aqua.dec.com

					508-467-6289

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