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From: bpendlet@esunix.UUCP (Bob Pendleton)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga,comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: And the winner is...
Message-ID: <447@esunix.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 11-Aug-87 10:55:02 EDT
Article-I.D.: esunix.447
Posted: Tue Aug 11 10:55:02 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 15-Aug-87 09:44:43 EDT
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Organization: Evans & Sutherland, Salt Lake City, Utah
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in article <569@cup.portal.com>, Sheldon_Hijacker_Chang@cup.portal.com says:
> Xref: esunix comp.sys.amiga:6839 comp.sys.atari.st:4452
> XPortal-User-Id: 1.1001.1609
> 
>     If the public thinks the Amiga is better, than let me ask you this.
> WHY IS ATARI ST'S BEATING AMIGA??? 

> I have been to one of the nation's largest and best,
> if not THE largest and best computer camp, Midwest Computer Camp, so why
> don't they have any Amiga's???  They have ST's.  SO LET ME ASK YOU WHY???

My best guess is cost. I don't suppose I really have to explain this, 
especially to someone who has been to computer camp, but the Atari ST 
models are very inexpensive compared to the Amiga 1000. The Amiga 500 
may be inexpensive enough to overcome this handicap.

In my own case I desperately wanted an Amiga. I had tested both machines,
purchased and read some of the technical documentation for both machines,
and interviewed users and sellers of both machines. I decided I wanted
an Amiga. But, at the time, an Amiga cost just about twice what an ST 1040
cost. On that basis I decided to buy an ST. It wasn't what I wanted, but
it was as close as I could get and stay within my budget.

I was saved by the want adds. One sunday morning I was reading the want adds
at about 6 a.m. ( my two month old baby didn't understand, or care about
weekends ) and saw, not one, but two, adds for used Amiga 1000s, at a cost
of $300 and $400 more than the cost of a 1040. I called quickly, one had
already been sold, but I got the other one. I picked it up by 8 a.m. and
was playing with it by 9 a.m. That was about a year and half ago, I'm still
glad I bought an Amiga.

By the way, I still read the want adds on sunday mornings, lots of 520s and
1040s for sale, maybe once every month or so I see an Amiga for sale. Amigas
seem to be holding their value better than STs.

> 
>                                                     SHELDON CHANG
>                                     sun!cup.portal.com!sheldon.hijacker.chang

			Bob Pendleton

P.S

I didn't realize they allowed humans at computer camp :-)
-- 
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