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Acorn, a computer Platform.
This page seeks to act as an introduction to the Acorn Platform, eventually turning into a kind of advertisement (and it could do with more of them).

Important points:

• It doesn't crash.
• It can't catch viruses.
• Bug-free.
• Fully Internet-Ready.
• The first Platform to be able to write to DVD's.
• Harddiscs don't fragment.
• Intuitive Operating System.
• 'Start's up in a few seconds (as opposed to a few hundred seconds).
• Perfect for a "Kiosk" or Café system - 'any offers?
• Faster than Ms Windows®. (Fifty times, 200 for XP.) 5000% Speed.
• Doesn't use Intel Pentium or Microsoft Windows
  (This is a massive advantage; no substandard rubbish.)
• Made entirely in Europe (Cambridge, Bristol, and Bradford).
• Doesn't have to be re-installed every few months (or ever).
• Software Applications are massively cheaper (and much better quality): Eg Photoshop £800+, DA's Picture £100. 12% Price ("88% Off").
• Very economical in memory useage: MsWord 24Mb, TechWriter 200Kb. 1% Memory-Useage.
• Multiple documents can be worked on with single Applications.
• More windows can be displayed simultanously onscreen, and the active windows doesn't have to be the one on top.

Explanation of RISC OS, and introduction to the Acorn Platform, by Acorn User.
 Acorn User magazine.
Acorn-dedicated Portal.
Acorn discussion groups.

What's wrong with PCs.

Silicon Graphics once brought a PC and repaired it. Guess how much the bill came to? $220,000,000. Now it (they made copies of it afterwards) works, it's not compatible with other PCs (because it works).
Now, I don't want to heard anybody complaining about Engineers' call-out fees after reading this little tale.

Here's another thing: You can change screen mode and other settings on Acorns without restarting the machine or dropping other activities.
Unlike Windows®:

Now what's he talking about...?

PC Enthusists:
“Now we've got blue-ray we don't need to muck around with DVDs.”
(They could only read CDs until recently, and now it's too late; they're able to tackle DVDs just in time for them going out of date.)

Acorn Enthusists:
“Now we've got Holographic Storage we don't need to muck around with blue-ray.”
(They were reading CDs when they were called Videodisc® and nobody else had heard of them, and were able to write to DVDs when they first came out, and now they've moved on again.)

Miracle Delivery Homepage.