Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!lsuc!jimomura From: jimomura@lsuc.UUCP (Jim Omura) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: new Atari products (query) Message-ID: <1506@lsuc.UUCP> Date: Mon, 12-Jan-87 18:36:33 EST Article-I.D.: lsuc.1506 Posted: Mon Jan 12 18:36:33 1987 Date-Received: Wed, 14-Jan-87 18:57:31 EST References: <1987@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu> <982@husc6.UUCP> Sender: root@lsuc.UUCP Reply-To: jimomura@lsuc.UUCP (Jim Omura) Organization: Consultant, Toronto Lines: 21 Summary: 1040ST -- The End User Machine In article <982@husc6.UUCP> grunau_b@husc4.UUCP (justin grunau) writes: >In article <1987@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu> braner@batcomputer.UUCP (braner) writes: >>About the future of the 1040ST: The people who just want the ST's >>power for using games, word-processors, etc buy the 520ST, while the >>1040ST is the favorite among programmers and such - which will obviously >>switch to the Mega-ST. This is astounding to me. Atari has been marketting the 1040ST as an office machine and frankly, that's what I felt it was best used for. The lack of wires hanging around needlessly makes it an ideal "end user" machine for business applications. Doesn't anybody 'here' want to become a "professional" programmer or consultant? (just joking ;-) The thing to do is to develop applications, package them and sell systems to people who don't want to do programming, but don't want to muck around with a "toy" computer with wires and little boxes cluttering up their desks. Yes, I realize that I'm talking about going head to head with the PC Clones. I think we are at the point where it's possible to do this with what's currently on the market. ...