| Title: | Atari ST, TT, & Falcon |
| Notice: | Please read note 1.0 and its replies before posting! |
| Moderator: | FUNYET::ANDERSON |
| Created: | Mon Apr 04 1988 |
| Last Modified: | Tue May 06 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 1433 |
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The new MegaSTe machines are finally shipping, if in limited quantities. Has anyone out there seen/touched one yet? I'm in the market for a new ST and I'm wondering if the MegaSTe is really worth the difference in price from a standard 1040STe. The MegaSTe's come with either 2 or 4 Mb and an internal 50Mb HD. Typical "street" prices for the 2Mb version will be about $1500 while the 4Mb will go for around $1700 (lowering as time goes by, I imagine). When you consider the 1040STe with 4Mb can be had for as low as $650, is the MegaSTe's hard drive, stereo sound, TT style case and keyboard, and 16MHz 68000 worth the difference? Anyone have any opinions on this or advice? Hutch P.S.: I've just sold my MacIIsi in order to "rejoin" the Atari camp. The Mac was neat, but STs are just more fun!
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| 1117.1 | Why are ST's more fun? | POWDML::STEIL | Thu May 09 1991 19:35 | 11 | |
Why are ST's more fun?
With Start magazine going bi-monthly because of an absence of interest
on the part of advertisers in selling to the ST market, I'm getting
paranoid again. It's refreshing to hear that someone actually sold a
MAC to return to the ST world.
So what are the details?
Gil
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| 1117.2 | ST people are more fun, too! | OPS5::HUTCHINSON | Hutch | Fri May 10 1991 16:04 | 32 |
re .1 Start magazine may likely fold this year (you read it here first!) according to my sources. Too bad but other journals like AtariUser will take its place. I admit I'll miss Start because it was a dependable source of additional income via programs and articles I submitted but there are other ways too. In box stock form, I still consider any MacII a more powerful, capable and utilitarian machine than any Atari, including the TT. But then again, there is a considerable price difference in the basic hardware. I originally bought my MacIIsi because I was fed up with my perception of Atari's mishandling of their developer base (of which I am one). It was rather an "I'll show them" kind of impulse reaction. Besides, I've always wanted one and with Apple's lowered prices I could almost afford it. What I did not count on was my reluctance to completely sever my long term ties with Atari hardware. I also did not understand the totally different mindsets of Mac vs ST users. My experience with Macheads led me to believe that as a group they are individualists, while ST users thrive on interpersonal relationships arising out of the use of their machines. These are only my perceptions, folks, but that's the way I experienced it. Mac users like things neat, clean and simple. ST users love to see just how far they can "push the envelope" (thanks Dave Small) with 22 different graphics/sound/accelerator/ emulator,etc boards hanging out of their machine held together with baling wire and electricians tape. This would give a true Machead nightmares! So when a financial need combined with a willing buyer for my Mac appeared on my doorsetep, I reacted with a typical Atari user's reaction... impulse SELLING. I'll get another "real" Mac someday, I'm sure. But only when my finances allow me to have my choice of Atari's as well because heck, ... ... Atari machines *are* more FUN! | |||||
| 1117.3 | back, from mac | KORG::MISKINIS | Mon May 13 1991 19:49 | 10 | |
Hmmm... Every issue of START I've ever bought has been folded!
Welcome back to the Atari camp... (But I did see your interest
expressed in getting a SPECTRE/GCR
within the "for sale" topic!)
_John_ Who'll never cross the line to another platform!
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