daford@watdragon.UUCP (03/13/87)
I really don't see the problem with hardware upgrades. Its seems that the current price trend of UNIX boxes is down, down, down. In BYTE there is an ad for a portable BSD 4.2 system that has all the software anyone could want; the price, $5995US (including hard drive). The price is dropping on real machines, Atari knows this and is trying to catch-up with their 68020 box. For me, the choice is simple. My next computer will be a real machine, meaning it will run some flavor of UNIX. I doubt that I will purchase it from ATARI. Every time I go to create a new folder, I remember that I already have 39 of them and decide that I don't really need it. What surprises await me in their 68020 box? Sorry Jack, I want to drive a Ferrari too so I'm going to be very careful with my money and "invest" it in a machine/company I can count on. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. Dan Ford -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Daniel A. Ford daford@watdragon.uucp CS Department daford%watdragon@waterloo.csnet U. of Waterloo daford%watdragon%waterloo.csnet@csnet-relay.arpa