Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!van-bc!ubc-cs!alberta!herald.usask.ca!ccu.umanitoba.ca!bright From: bright@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Bob Bright) Subject: Re: "Mr. Choi" responds to Atari Message-ID: <1991Mar31.183244.29191@ccu.umanitoba.ca> Organization: University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada References: <2886@atari.UUCP> Date: Sun, 31 Mar 91 18:32:44 GMT Lines: 37 In article mc4c+@andrew.cmu.edu (Mark Choi) writes: [...] >annoying. It is the same stupid argument made by bad actors to defend >against bad reviews. If the critic could act, (s)he would be acting, >(s)he would not be a critic. I do not need to have the necessary >background in engineering or the capital to start a entrepreneurial >venture to be able to use a machine, or to suggest improvements thereto. Nice analogy; I've always thought art critics were a pretty useless bunch. :-) [...] >bit more functional, and useful. How many people do you really believe >are going to plop down 2 grand for this baby, and another $700-$2000 for >another desk machine, with a lot of duplicated functionality. You seem >to claim that one can not get a desk machine into a notebook, but the >editors of various PC mags seem to disagree with you, putting out a >large amount of articles about how notebooks now can be your only >machine, are as powerful as desktops, etc.. If you wish to make personal Well, I can't speak for others, but I haven't been the least tempted to plop down 3 grand for a 386 "notebook" (heavy emphasis on the sneer quotes) that weighs 3 pounds more than it should and requires lugging around an extra 3 pounds of battery packs in order to extend the pitifully short battery life. If doing without removable media is the price for having a really light and useful machine, I'll be happy to pay it. (You're not suggesting, are you, that we rely on the opinions of the brain-dead editors of various PC mags as an indication of what a good machine is? That's about as sensible as listening to art critics.) BBB -- Bob Bright Dept. of Philosophy University of Manitoba Winnipeg, Man R3T 2N2 (204) 474-9105