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Re:Atari 520ST Review in Creative Computing – By Paul Lefebvre by andrewstuart on Saturday June 22, 2024 @06:32AM (#40757894)
Yes a solid machine.

It might have been impressive but it had to stand next to the dazzlingly attractive Amiga.

Re:Atari 520ST Review in Creative Computing – By Paul Lefebvre by cmrdporcupine on Saturday June 22, 2024 @08:29AM (#40758623)
Only for Amiga fans with a complex of some kind. I was a member of a local Atari users group and none of us were comparing to the Amiga? Mac and PC were the competitors because most of us were interested in productivity software and the like. Many were running Mac emulation on the ST and the biggest uses were MIDI sequencers and DTP.

Amiga was just something else. Impressive achievement, certainly. But for what it was I had no need to pay that kind of extra $$ just to play games better.

Re:Atari 520ST Review in Creative Computing – By Paul Lefebvre by rbanffy on Saturday June 22, 2024 @04:40PM (#40762009)
> dazzlingly attractive Amiga.

dazzlingly expensive as well.