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- From: wfblan@netcom.com (Wells Fargo Bank)
- Subject: Re: Why not Wal-Mart or Sears!!!
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- Date: Mon, 29 Jan 1996 22:28:02 GMT
- Sender: wfblan@netcom5.netcom.com
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-
- : :When was the last time you went into the stores? I did some browsing
- : :yesterday and you can't get a computer at most mass market outlets for
- : :under about $1250. The $750 difference is a big chunk of change for most
- : :people lower middle class families. I think that many of them would see
- : :the logic in getting a $500 computer over a $300 game machine.
-
- This is a very valid point. Many can't afford to get the bang that a $1250
- dollar buck can give, but can be very happy with the lesser but still very
- acceptable bang of a $500 dollar buck.
-
-
- : But if there's no software for that $500 computer, who the heck's gonna buy
- : it? Johnny's parents want something that will run the stuff Johnny runs at
- : school. And the Amiga isn't there.
-
- What planet do you live on? (flame suit on) There are hundreds if not
- thousands of software titles on the Amiga. Not to mention that the A1200
- has the ability (with a small amount of 32-bit memory expansion) to emulate
- the Macintosh which would open up another whole realm of software. Many
- schools use Macs, and so this would be a great compromise over a more
- expensive Mac. The Amiga is there. I feel that the A1200+/A1300 would be
- exactly what little Johnnys parents would want and get their moneys worth
- from.
-
-
- : :Something around 70%-80% of the people out there don't own a computer yet.
- : :If AT can market a $500 computer soon, they will be able to take a good
- : :chunk of that market.
-
- This is a very good market. Not to mention that the Internet is expected to
- swell to about 3 times the current number of users during 1996. If AT can
- get their low cost Web Browsing pack advertized and marketed, they have yet
- another great market to go for.
-
-
- : They need SOFTWARE.
-
- While it is true that the Amiga is in need of certain types of native apps
- and the like, there are plenty of software packages available. As cross-
- platfrom support (for MS Word, Excel, Lotus, etc) is incorportated into
- existing native Amiga apps, the cry for needed software wil subside by a
- large margin, and this is already slowly happening with later releases of
- some of the better known and used Amiga Word Processors, etc.
-
-
- : :Most of the people out there don't own computers and don't know Windows
- : :from a hole in the wall.
-
- : They've seen TV - they know about Windows.
-
- Knowing that Windows exists, and knowing anything productive about it are
- two different things. They can also comes to know 'about' the Amiga and
- Amiga OS, and then Windows won't have that edge. It would then be a matter
- of personal preference, and convenienve of use that would make the consumers
- choice... oh, and the price range. A low end A1200+ could easily be more
- appealing to many over Windows.
-
-
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- Rob Bamford
- (wfblan@netcom.com)
-