From: papo@pyuxf.uucp (25241-anaya)
Subject: Re: A growing dislike for Amiga
Organization: Bellcore, Livingston, NJ
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 92 00:54:53 GMT
Summary: My opinion 

Hi *

I emailed the guy directly and the contents of the letter I would
like to keep it in private between him and me.  However this is
my way of computer buying and selling.  I would like to post it
just in case you are going to advice a friend to buy a computer.

I sent this letter a couple of month ago to another guy, I'll stripped
out the specific content to him so I can have the letter in a more
general content.  This is *my personal way* to look at computer
buying and I know that most of us use similar criterias (after
seen several posts about this thread I can see that it is true).

So here is the letter...

---- snip
Originaly sent to

To: kws1x@cyclops.micr.Virginia.EDU
Subject: Re: Eyecatching Titles, LTD.

I enjoyed reading your post.  Why?  Oh well, i got a couple of stories
to share:

I bough an ole "Omega" 1000 'cause I do not have a lot of money.
Also I got a good deal with the machine.  The machine, after what I've
seen in netland is still quite upgradable and quite useful, not only
for games but the machine still run most of the good stuff that
is coming out.  Why I bough it?  Simple, 'cause I could use it
if it were a "workstation" for a couple of bucks.  I can have 
three windows, debug in one, compile in other, edit in other.
Can I do this with the Pee Cee I have in my job? frankly I can not.
Anyway, it still a good machine, it does the job, it works well and
can do what I want.  (but I still need some RAM and a Hard Drive
but that can come later).

Moral:  A machine is not dead if you can upgrade it easily.

Second Story:

My girlfriend was using my ole Mac 512K a lot for her stuff, mostly
wordprocessing.  So I bough her an ole Lisa/2 with 1 Meg and 10 Meg
drive for $100.  She'll be able now to run all the software from my 512 and
I guess she'll do it all right.  A friend of mine, that has a Pee Cee
386SX, Super VGA, Sound Blaster Pro and other stuff was laughing
at me saying and asking "Why I did such a dumb thing".  I just answer
him : "Simple... wordprocessing".

Moral: A machine is good as long you can use it for your purpouses.

Third Story:

My first machine was a Tandy 1000 SX, a Pee Cee Clone (I left it
in my home in Puerto Rico, now my sister has it) and 
a friend (that beleives that life is money and competition... boy he
should be working in Wall St. instead of boring Joisy) had his Clone
with a 30 Meg's hard drive and the works.  I used to do some of my stuff
in Windows 1.4 with two floppies and a lot of imagination.  At one
time he saw one of the documents I did with that machines.  
Graphics inside the document, Charts, Microcap II extracted circuits.
He asked me if I did it in a Mac.  I said no, I simply used windows.

Well, now the guy wants to buy his "super duper" machine, I guess just
to get even with my "Omega" 1000.  He was planning to buy a Powerbook.
Anyway, I do not know if he'll be able to do as much as I do with my
machines, otherwise My gut feeling is that he is going to waste a lot
of power and a lot of money.

Moral: It's not the arrow, it's the indian.  A machine is as good as the
mind behind the keyboard.

Fourth Story:

The Tau Beta Pi in Mayaguez saved a lot of money to buy a computer.
I mean, a lot of money.  They just wanted to have a machine to run the
chapter.  So the president (an EE) decided to buy the following system:

a 386 clone with 40 Meg's of hard drive, mouse, VGA card and VGA board,
3.5 disk.  Everything in a tower case.  How much RAM?  640K's!!!!!!!!!!!

See, that's what happens when you are an Engineering Honor student.

Moral: a machine is a good as long the way it is configured is the proper
one, otherwise you are wasting money.... in bundles!

Well, enough stories.  I am glad that I'm not the only soul
in this world that thinks like that.  Anyway, I enjoyed 
your posting, take care.

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Well, end of story telling.  I hope that you share some of my views.
You are welcome to differ if you like, we are entitled to our own opinion
anyway.


Cheers from Joisy,



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