Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!portal!cup.portal.com!Bob_BobR_Retelle From: Bob_BobR_Retelle@cup.portal.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Portable Mac vs STACY Message-ID: <22482@cup.portal.com> Date: 24 Sep 89 06:54:04 GMT References: <2122@kodak.UUCP> <22440@cup.portal.com> Distribution: na Organization: The Portal System (TM) Lines: 32 Pete Szymonik sez: >I'll tell you the real nifty part - the Mac 'portable' weighs in at a >hefty 16 pounds! Its also phically a lot larger than the STacy. And >to really make life interesting, a picture of the STacy and mention of >GCR is made in the latest issue of MacUser magazine! Nice free ad or >what? Now all they need is to pump those babies out to a waiting Mac >world. Yes... but... While I'll be the first to acknowledge that Dave Small is one of the true Wizards of the Atari world, and his Mac Emulator is one of the true wonders of the Atari world, an Atari ST running a Mac Emulator still is *NOT* the equivalent of a Mac... There are still some things and some programs that the Spectre *cannot* handle... What Mac owner, or prospective Mac owner is going to take the chance that an "off brand" computer like an Atari, running an "emulator" is going to run *their* specific applications..? What business is going to risk their balance sheet on saving a few bucks (and pounds) by buying "game machines" that run *some* Mac software...? Unless Atari Corp. can come up with some coherent marketing plan, the only STaceys they're going to sell are going to be to current ST owners... A "portable Macintosh" is a computer with a credibility factor... an Atari that "sort of" emulates a Mac is an interesting curiosity. BobR