From Ken MacDonald via the Internet
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Your new issue if ST Informer is great. It is just like the original magazine only better. Everything is there. Great job....
I love your article on Hasbro. I agree totally with you. I keep telling people at work that the Atari ST (even my Hades 060) is the easist computer to use. MicroSoft has made it difficult for the user. Many many people I know think they need a computer class to operator their computer and they think that Windows 95 is simpler to use. They think this until something goes wrong or else something happens that they do not understand. Then they have to go back to the dealer for help. Windows is too big and takes up too much memory. If it was simplified down to a certain point it would be much better. Hasbro should look into the ST and it's ease of use not to mention it's BIG software library. I hope someday it becomes a reality.
Edward S. Baiz Jr.
ebaiz@qtm.net
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On the Internet via an Atari TT clone (the Hades
060)
and loving it.
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Hi!
I thought your editorial on the MS Empire was great!
Speaking of TOS, I had used only a 1040 STe with NeoDesk and Geneva on the Atari side of things up til this year. I though it was great, with a couple of accessories, alot easier to manage than Windows 95. I got a Falcon in February and it BLEW me away! TOS had improved so much, I was shocked!
Just now articles are starting to appear about the size of PC applications, you mention Windows, but you don't mention any third party applications. All of these companies program in C++, hence they usually create code that is not optimized for size and speed, therefore requiring faster computers with more memory.
I mean, what 'neato cool dandy' option does MS Word 97 or 98 have that Word Perfect for the ST (either 4.2 or the prelim 5.0) doesn't have. THere are a couple features like HTML, and importing of color clipart and being able to print in color, but thats probably all.
I'll give Microsoft this much credit, Windows 95 was a much needed fix to Windows 3.1, but Windows 98 doesn't 'cut the bread' as improvements go, at least for a beta I was given.
Granted I use Windows 95 everyday, you could call me the 'serious' user you describe since I use it for Word Perfect (to create invoices) and playing games such as Starcraft and Dark Forces, but I see no need to upgrade to Windows 98 at all. My personal opinion is that the DOJ should submit a motion to force them to hold it until the case is tried.
It is kind of funny that it took the PC World
til 1995 to caught up with everyone else in terms of GUIs. I mean,
the Amiga, Mac, and ST were all using the same type of GUI as Windows 95
is now using 10 years before
it!
Well, I've bablled enough, back to answering my email for selling Toads merchandise.
From Keith Scroggins via the Internet
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Wow! I must admit that I was thrilled to the response
of my article. I'm certainly not going to make Microsoft bashing a common
theme and I'm glad that people thought the column was reasonable. Thanks
for all of the input and feedback. If you have ideas for future LaST Word
columns, please do let me know. Better yet, volunteer to do a guest spot
on LaST Word to vent your opinions. I'm not trying to hog the limelight.