Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!gatech!bloom-beacon!think!ames!amdcad!sun!pepper!cmcmanis From: cmcmanis%pepper@Sun.COM (Chuck McManis) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: And the winner is... Message-ID: <23535@sun.uucp> Date: Wed, 15-Jul-87 13:56:16 EDT Article-I.D.: sun.23535 Posted: Wed Jul 15 13:56:16 1987 Date-Received: Fri, 17-Jul-87 07:39:13 EDT References: <17680@cca.CCA.COM> <2394@alvin.mcnc.UUCP> Sender: news@sun.uucp Reply-To: cmcmanis@sun.UUCP (Chuck McManis) Distribution: na Organization: Sun Microsystems, Mountain View Lines: 18 Well, I am not flaming here, but Atari does have a few things to account for. I mean Simon Poole can get an Amiga 2000 but not a Mega ST, I've seen Amiga 500's at stores all over the Bay area and yesterday I was looking at a 68020/68881 plug in board for it ($895). So you spend $800 for the 1 Meg Amiga 500 and $895 for the '020 board. Add a $900 supra drive and we are looking at $2600 for a pretty nice system that is available today. Not to mention that Amiga owners can trade their 1000's + $1000 for a 2000. I realize Atari gives you lower prices now rather than a tradein on a Mega but, hey it looks like good P.R. There are advantages to both systems, at the moment (snapshot of the month of July 1987) it would seem Commodore has their new machines out, and Atari has the first Mac clone that has survived on the open market. --Chuck McManis uucp: {anywhere}!sun!cmcmanis BIX: cmcmanis ARPAnet: cmcmanis@sun.com These opinions are my own and no one elses, but you knew that didn't you.