Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!sdd.hp.com!apollo!rehrauer From: rehrauer@apollo.HP.COM (Steve Rehrauer) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Just gripin'... Message-ID: <4e705f6a.20b6d@apollo.HP.COM> Date: 6 Dec 90 19:17:00 GMT References: <249@stbimbo.UUCP> <1990Dec5.162218.16820@daffy.cs.wisc.edu> <1990Dec6.003112.25417@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> Sender: root@apollo.HP.COM Reply-To: rehrauer@apollo.HP.COM (Steve Rehrauer) Distribution: na Organization: Hewlett-Packard Apollo Division - Chelmsford, MA Lines: 30 In article <1990Dec6.003112.25417@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> cmm1@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (Christopher M Mauritz) writes: >In article <1990Dec5.162218.16820@daffy.cs.wisc.edu> gcarter@globey.cs.wisc.edu (Gregory Carter) writes: >>I wouldn't BUY ANY MAC. For god sake, I would wait to see what Mr. Small >>does with his new 030 add on board, you could save your self at least a >>grand this way, and the performance specs of Mr. Small's board is going to >>be a lot better than a IIsi for cripes sake! > >The only problem with this line of reasoning is that nobody knows >for sure when this board will be produced (if at all). So unless you have an urgent need to buy a machine today, wait 6 months and see what happens. In this market, waiting can only benefit you. >>I would RECONSIDER if your a student, like me who is poor and currently >>in the dog house. > >Yes, computers are expensive, BUT Apple, Commodore, NeXT, Sun >and many other companies offer SUBSTANTIAL discounts to >students. Atari does not, Dave Small does not, Jim Allen does >not. You should also consider that. Also consider that an STe with the third-party hardware being discussed will probably come in below even Apple's discounted prices. (Commodore's & NeXT's educational discounts do seem pretty deep, though.) Me, I need to buy another car before I can contemplate another computer... -- "The goons are riding motorcycles, but WE'VE | (Steve) rehrauer@apollo.hp.com got a whole big metal car! This will be like | The Apollo Systems Division of stepping on ants..." -- Freelance Police | Hewlett-Packard