mitchell@janus.berkeley.edu (Evan Mitchell) (08/16/89)
I recently posted an article asking why Atari owners were so loyal to there machines, and ultimately to Atari. The reason I asked this is because I still have a soft spot for Atari. My first Videogame (2600) and computer (1200XL) came from them. Despite the fact I'm a happy Amiga owner, I would still like to see Atari succeed, especially in the computer business. My question is how can they? They've announced ALOT of neat sounding new gadgets, but then again, they've been doing that for a long, long time. (Remember the 1450XLD) What about the ST-E? Even if it's introduced why would anyone buy one? It sounds an awful lot like the Amiga (stereo Sound, 4096 colors, blitter, etc.) but there is NO software to take advantage of these extra features. What about the TT? If it's as good as people think it will be, I may buy one. However, I can get an '020 based Amiga or Mac today, and if I had the money, I could drop in 25MHZ '030 with 25MHZ 68882 and 32-bit memory into either one. ATW? That's out of my ballpark! I really would like to see Atari succeed, if for no other reason than to make Apple and Commodore work harder and drive down prices! -Evan _______________________________________________________________________________ | Evan Jay Mitchell EECS/ERL Industrial Liaison Program | | mitchell@janus.berkeley.edu University of California at Berkeley | | Phone: (415) 643-6687 | | "Think, it ain't illegal...yet!" - George Clinton | |_____________________________________________________________________________|