| Bofferbrauer2 said: While the Atari ST did look very good (as mentioned, I'm a big fan of the form factor), esepcially the F-keys, but the keyboard quality itself was atrocious and more floppy than a floppy disk. It was a cheap membrane keyboard masquerading as mechanical keyboard, and from the start it wasn't very good for typing anything consistently. Had Tramiel not cheapened out on this, it could have sold quite a bit better, as it was one of the main drawbacks of the ST line. Also, I never understood why they removed the arrow keys and pushed them upwards... Also, not to forget the super-odd placement of the Joystick and Mouse ports UNDER the keyboard. |
ST's main competitor was Amiga, and let's face it, Amiga was better.
That said, ST found its niche in music industry - it was MIDI sequencer machine for quite a while in lot of studios, and both Cubase and Logic originated on it.
