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- Newsgroups: misc.consumers
- Path: sparky!uunet!psinntp!opencon!giand
- From: giand@opencon.com (Deepak S. Gianchandani)
- Subject: Re: Nintendo Game vs. 386sx Computer
- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.175255.22496@opencon.com>
- Followup-To: misc.consumers
- Keywords: Nintendo, Games, Computer
- Sender: giand@opencon.com
- Organization: OpenCon Systems, Inc.
- References: <1992Nov16.194546.18890@awdprime.austin.ibm.com> <sherman.722080626@foster>
- Distribution: usa
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 17:52:55 GMT
- Lines: 29
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- In article <sherman.722080626@foster> sherman@unx.sas.com (Chris Sherman) writes:
- >In misc.consumers you write:
- >
- >
- >> Well I have a problem I would like to get some opinions on. I have 2
- >> children, a 3 year old & an 8 year old. Earlier this year while at my
- >> mother-in-laws house, the kids found an old Atari system that she had.
- >> We brought it home and the kids have really enjoyed it. My wife and I
- >> were thinking about buying them a new video game.
- >
- >> Now here is the problem. I already have a 386sx computer in my home, and
- >> I have a hard time justifying going out buying a Super Netendo
- >> 16-bit($140.00) to play games on when I can do most of the same thing on
- >> my computer. So I guess what I am looking for is some of your opinions
- >> on the pros and cons of the two. Here are a few that I thought of:
- >
- One more point, the PC is much more expensive to maintain and
- replace, cost wise, the Nintendo is only $140. The more you
- use the computer eventually something will wear out -- the
- harddrive, monitor, etc.
- As one person noted: the Nintendo will do better in graphis,
- as it is designed to (the 32 bit comaprison and 16 bit
- comparison is NOT relevant here).
-
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