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From: mwm@ucbopal.BERKELEY.EDU (Mike (I'll be mellow when I'm dead) Meyer)
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Subject: Re: ST wins over Amiga
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Date: Fri, 13-Dec-85 21:19:30 EST
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In article <617@ihlpm.UUCP> rtb@ihlpm.UUCP (Todd) writes:
>  After reading a lot of articles about this years Comdex it is
>becoming more obvious that Atari has already won in the ST vs.
>Amiga wars.
technically 

So Atari follows in IBM's footsteps, and succeeds with a technically
inferior product :-).

Seriously, I don't own either machine. I'm probably going to be buying one
in the near future (january), and haven't decided which. However, I want a
machine for twiddling LISP, which means (to me - I want to load the editor
and MasterScope and the online help and ...) lotsa-memory. Say, 4 Meg or so.
Atari doesn't seem to want to market a machine to do that. The Amiga is
open, and there are 2Meg boards on the market.

Of course, the plaintiff cries from people trying to twiddle the mouse from
C doesn't help the ST any.

And I'm going to ignore the prospects of Commodore going under. I'll pick
the machine that best does what I want, then support the company that makes
it.

Final thought: I'd be suprised if the ST doesn't outsell the Amiga, by 2:1
or better. After all, I expect most people to look at them, see windows and
two price tags (one roughly 1/2 the other), and buy the smaller price tag.

	<mike