ditzel@ssc-bee.UUCP (Charles L Ditzel) (04/10/86)
>From ssc-vax!keith Wed Apr 9 11:00:26 1986 >Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site ssc-vax.UUCP >love it. >I have to say it. >all yoose guys... >who argued so hard, >and so long, >that the atari ST was SO GOOD!!!!! >and now all you can gossip about is (and I can see the drool stains) getting >your hands on the MACINTOSH. :) >Sure, Mac is overpriced, but its better. >(for what it's worth, you can have the OLD 64k ROMs) >dash of pepper? I work with both the (512K) Mac(at work) and a (1Meg) 520ST (at home) ...there is no comparison in my mind...the ST is 'better' for ME... (obviously not because it has more software [since it doesn't] - as you must be trying to point out)...nevertheless even the ST software is coming along...most Mac developers appear to be porting their software over...and a number of third party developers are developing software for the ST that is and may not be available to the Mac. Ever try doing data flow diagrams with MacDraw...forget it...tho' i have done them fairly easily on the ST with EasyDraw...(MacDraw forgot why anyone would want an arc to have an arrow at the end) ..."better" is such a curious word...does a machine with no color option, bizarre communications architecture and limited expansion mean better??? I, of course, do not imply that that the Mac is without virtues. Apple had a corner on the market a few years ago...but their are other machines with equal and superior hardware characteristics today. If 'better' is only software then the Mac is also quickly losing that edge and check back in a three or four months (i think the Mac software edge will be zip).
turner@imagen.UUCP (D'arc Angel) (04/13/86)
> > > >From ssc-vax!keith Wed Apr 9 11:00:26 1986 > >Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site ssc-vax.UUCP > >love it. > >I have to say it. > >all yoose guys... > >who argued so hard, > >and so long, > >that the atari ST was SO GOOD!!!!! > >and now all you can gossip about is (and I can see the drool stains) getting > >your hands on the MACINTOSH. :) > >Sure, Mac is overpriced, but its better. > >(for what it's worth, you can have the OLD 64k ROMs) > >dash of pepper? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\ lineater, \~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ this is a plea not a flame, PLEASE let's not start another "my computer is better than yours" debate, every computer has its merits or they wouldn't get sold, lets leave it at that PLEASE -- ---- "If only you could see what I've seen with your eyes" -Blade Runner Name: James M. Turner (not the James M. Turner at Lisp Machine Inc.) Mail: Imagen Corp. 2650 San Tomas Expressway, P.O. Box 58101 Santa Clara, CA 95052-8101 AT&T: (408) 986-9400 UUCP: ...{decvax,ucbvax}!decwrl!imagen!turner CompuServe: 76327,1575 GEnie : D-ARCANGEL