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From: dac@ukc.ac.uk (David Clear)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st,comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: advice please - Atari-ST or Amiga
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Date: 7 Feb 91 09:28:32 GMT
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In article <1991Feb6.163205.6683@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> gl8f@astsun.astro.Virginia.EDU (Greg Lindahl) writes:
>If you want to decide which machine to buy, your best bet is to go to
>your local dealer and compare. Read magazine reviews. Don't start a
>flamewar.

Agreed. I mailed the original poster with some advice, quoting the good and
bad points of both machines. In the end I didn't recommend he get one machine,
but I game him points to think about for both machines. It's his money and
just because you like your machine for your uses doesn't mean it's suitable
for him. Saying "a is better than b" doesn't really help. No machine is better
than another machine on all points. Owning one machine and never looking at
the competition is a taking a very blinkered view on the industry. You end up
being a die-hard owner of one machine, never even considering buying
"the rival" systems.

Please mail the original poster and not post to this newsgroup. Most of
us have had years of "a is better than b" and are sick of it. It never gets
us anywhere and it in fact projects a childish attitude from both camps. It
also wastes bandwidth. Do not do this, it is wrong.

David.