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From: oyster@uwmacc.UUCP (Vicarious Oyster)
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Subject: Re: Application availability on Mac, Atari ST, and Amiga
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Date: Mon, 11-Aug-86 10:50:43 EDT
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Posted: Mon Aug 11 10:50:43 1986
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Keywords: Apple Atari Commodore Mac ST Amiga Applications

In article <3528@amdahl.UUCP> sjl@amdahl.UUCP (Steve Langdon) writes:
>Once again I would like to ask that people try and control their emotional
>feelings about their favorite machine.  I like my Mac, but if the Atari ST
>or Amiga deliver more for less, I will happily recommend one of them to my
>friends.

   How about showing some elementary reasoning ability?  The Mac is a much
more mature product than either the ST or the Amiga.  It has more and (in
many cases) better software and peripheral hardware (e.g. laser printers)
than either of those machines.  If you or your friends need or want a large
selection of canned software today, buy a Mac (or a PC clone), 'cause right
now those new machines are most useful to developers and hobbyists.
   If you want my personal opinion, all emotions aside (:-), I would need
an exceptionally good reason to buy a colorless, tiny-screened, closed 
architecture machine like the Mac.  However, I fall into the "hobbyist"
classification, and don't need immediate software gratification.
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 - Joel Plutchak
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Can you say "opinion"?  I *knew* you could!