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- From: bmontgom@morgan.ucs.mun.ca (Byron Montgomerie)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: Hooray for Amiga Tech.
- Date: 18 Feb 1996 17:59:47 GMT
- Organization: Memorial University of Newfoundland
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- George Noel (gnoel@morgan.ucs.mun.ca) wrote:
- : Then it is up to the dealer/salesman to explain why they wouldn't want to
- : put a Pentium into an Amiga let alone have the fuss of bloated software
- : requiring increased MHz and RAM to run.
-
- Most customers don't want to be cornered by an amiga fanatic and preached to
- about the merits of the os and how you should buy an amiga because you should.
- :) I don't think any salesman will be able to argue effectively for the amiga
- hardware as it is right now.
-
- : >Except that it's been cancelled, to be replaced by something else which
-
- : Oh great, we have Commodore all over again with starting and not
- : finishing products! This isn't going to be good for AT's rep unless they
- : can unleash something a lot better.
-
- At least they are willing to change direction and listen to the market.
-
- : I just wish they ship SOMETHING to North America SOON or for me
- : personally, I'll start looking in the second hand scene again soon... I
- : want to give my support to AT though.
-
- Buying a second hand machine means whoever sold it can buy a new one, this is
- also supporting AT. It also means that the machines sold stay in use, rather
- than being mothballed.
-
- Regards,
-
- BM
-
-