Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!think.com!sdd.hp.com!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!xanth!xanth.cs.odu.edu!scott From: scott@cs.odu.edu (Scott D. Yelich) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Atari-To-Amiga Convert Info Source! Message-ID: Date: 23 Jun 91 22:21:43 GMT References: <9106231954.AA23332@cwns2.INS.CWRU.Edu> Sender: news@cs.odu.edu (News File Owner) Organization: Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA Lines: 71 In-Reply-To: aa399@cleveland.Freenet.Edu's message of 23 Jun 91 19: 54:10 GMT Nntp-Posting-Host: breeze.cs.odu.edu In article <9106231954.AA23332@cwns2.INS.CWRU.Edu> aa399@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Len Stys) writes: > This has to do with spreading around false rumors by people to scare Atari > computer users into leaving their computer. > I think it is wrong so I said something about it. Guys, I have always kept my fingers FAR far far far from the followup keys when reading articles such as this... but I will finally make a post and don't lecture me about wasting bandwidth-- take THAT to IRC. Anyway, my ST does what I need a computer to do. Most people don't have the money nor the need to get a super home computer. For years now I have had people ask me about which personal computer to purchase. I tell them that if they go into a Macintosh dealer, they will probably be told that the Mac is the answer to life and all their problems. If they go to an IBM dealer, they will probably be told that the IBM (or clone) is the answer to life and all their problems. The same is true of an Atari dealer and an Amiga and any other dealer. It's called sales. My opinion is that if you are in the market for a computer, you really need to decide what you are going to be doing on that computer. You must then do a little research into what is available that will meet your needs and then you should find a platform that will provide what you need. It never ceases to amaze me how much sales people try to oversell a system. I love to listen to IBM (or clone) salespeople explaining all the display options and cpu speeds to someone who wouldn't know a MHz from a pixel. MY atari does what I need it to do. I'm 100% positive that YOUR Amiga also would do what I would want it to do. Now, since I have an Atari and it does what I want, I am not going to purchase a Sun SLC, Amiga 3000 nor any other computer that will mean that I need to spend thousands of additional dollars for very little gain. for people who do not yeat have a lot of money invested, there might just be some room for comparison, but it's never necessary to lie to try to get people to do anything. As far as people thinking "the computer makes the man" (or the woman), well, I certainly don't mind if people keep selling their Atari products to switch over to Amiga.... because I will have a continuous supply of inexpensive used equipment. Reminds me of how I got my great set of gold clubs.... It seems that the "IN" thing to do if you are rich and play golf is to purchase a snew set of clubs every year. Hmm, guess what happens to the old clubs? Yup, many times they are given to charity or other groups. that is what this whole "mine is better than yours" argument reminds me of-- I simply say I am happy and satisfied with what I have invested in and I will make up my own mind if and when there is a time to move on. Unfortunately, not everyone is a computer hobbyist as I am and so they may be presented with "this is better than that" arguments from whereever they go to purchase or investigate a computer and may be persuaded to follow a path they may not have intended to follow. To me, this is the root of the problem, if people would purchase what they need and not what other people tell them that they need, I feel more people will be satisfied with what they end up with. Perhaps then even less attention will be paid to this topic than is given to it now. Thank you for allowing me to finally express my opinion and I hope no one will take this post as an argument or "flame" for or against anyone or any computer. If I must directly state my point, it is that I feel that people should be allowed to make up their own mind and do as they wish and it is unnecessary to work on someone's will and resolve simply because you feel they may have made a bad choice. Scott