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Subject: Re: NEED REVIEWS *AND* COMPARISONS among: Amiga, Atari 520, Mac, Tandy 2000
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Date: Wed, 5-Mar-86 13:37:46 EST
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> 
> 	The school I go to is seriously thinking of computerizing the Art
> Department and the Industrial Arts. I REALLY NEED reviews of each of the
> following computers (reviews not only about the machine but software too):
> Amiga, Atari 520, Mac, and the Tandy 2000.
> 	I need reviews in the following areas: cost, hardware (what comes
> with the base unit and what is available not just from one particular company)*,
> software (what comes with the machine and what is available)*, support
> (technical & demonstration for hardware AND software), bugs, and problems.
> 
> 					Thank you,
> 					Gregg Thompson
> P.S. PLEASE do NOT post replies, instead mail them to me.

I am sorry Gregg, but a few very vocal supporters of the Mac and Amiga have
been very  active trying to suppress comparisons of the various machines.
Only owning a lowly Apple 2, I thought the comparisons (not to be confused
with the slander about 'toy computers') were useful for 'the rest of us'
who are considering a purchase.  Maybe a few brave souls will once again
sneak in a comparison of the amiga and the new 1040st. But beware of the
flames that will deluge you ( and I am sure to get them for this ---DONT
BOTHER, I DONT READ EMAIL FROM OFF-SITE).


In the meantime, you might check the March Byte.  Bruce Webster has a flawed
comparison of the  Amiga vs Atari vs Mac.  What I found especially interesting
is the price/kilobyte of memory bar chart listing over a dozen computers.  I
think the review is flawed because he compares vaporware for one machine
against deliverables for another machine, and does not use standard, 
base systems for his comparison (a 2-Mbyte Mac, com'on Bruce!).

-- 
	Mike Eve     Boeing Aerospace, Seattle
	...uw-beaver!ssc-vax!ssc-bee!eve