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From: horton@fortune.UUCP (Randy Horton)
Newsgroups: net.micro,net.micro.atari,net.micro.cbm
Subject: Re: Amiga vs. ST
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Date: Mon, 5-Aug-85 13:12:18 EDT
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Posted: Mon Aug  5 13:12:18 1985
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Summary: 

>> I hate to dampen the Amiga fire, but the Amiga is a doomed machine.
>> How can I say this before 1 Amiga is sold?  Simple, this is history
>> repeating it self, all over again.
>Oh yeah.  And why aren't there more Pterodactyls down by the pond?
>> Remember the Comodore C-64 and the Atari 800?  It was obvious to anybody,
>> who seriously looked at BOTH machines, that the 800 was a better computer.
As long as they didn't care about sound and couldn't read a spec sheet.
>> But the Atari cost twice as much.  Guess which one, really sold.
That's right, the C64 has outsold ALL personal computers in units sold.
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>> Enough history here is today:
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>> Amiga 256k 1 internal floppy          $1295.00        "better machine"
>> Atari ST-260 1 internal floppy        $ 499.00        "1/2 the price"
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Just as the C-64/Atari/Apple ][ have a different market than the IBM PC-AT,
the Amiga has a different market than the Atari ST.  Comparing the Atari ST
to the Amiga is like comparing a Timex to a PC-AT.  I think that the Atari ST
sounds like a fine machine, and a good value for the money, but it is just not
in the same league as the Amiga.  I am not trying to start any arguments,
just pointing out that there are a variety of machines with a variety of
capabilities, with a variety of prices, for a variety of people.  Every
machine has it's pros and cons.  I hope that the Atari ST and the Amiga both
do well.  It is the MAC that will really suffer as a result of these two
machines.  As usual, Apple will be selling less machine for more money.
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