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From: horton@fortune.UUCP (Randy Horton)
Newsgroups: net.micro.atari,net.micro.cbm
Subject: Re: Amiga vs. ST
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Date: Tue, 13-Aug-85 12:50:15 EDT
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>I didn't want to take sides in the ST vs Amiga argument, as I think
>the amiga is a nice machine, but it seems that the amiga is being
>over hyped  both in the press and on the net. For example none of
>magazines reviewing the amiga compare features and price with the ST
>but only with overpriced products like the mac and the ibm pc.

This is a very good point.  The ST and Amiga are somewhat similar machines,
and actually there will probably be *some* overlap of their markets.  When you
look at the prices of both systems *WITHOUT* the monitors, they are not all
that far apart.  I don't really think that it is fair to call one simply a
BETTER machine.  My C64 is better than my UNIX box, for playing games.  But
for serious work...  I think that the choice between the ST and Amiga would
depend on the needs and priorities of the individual, since they do have their
different capabilities.
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