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- From: bmontgom@morgan.ucs.mun.ca (Byron Montgomerie)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy,comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: New Press Release!
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- Date: 21 Mar 1996 17:11:24 GMT
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- Shaun C. Murray (scm@mfltd.co.uk) wrote:
- : It's the emphasis on speed that creates the problem for people selling Amigas.
- : I don't know if it's some strange macho thing but my perception has always
- : been effeciency not speed is important. If you can do the same job for less
- : with less materials than why pay over the odds for something.
-
- Fine, as far as it goes, but why spend the same amount for a machine with
- less materials that can do the current job when you can by a machine with
- more materials that can do the current job and more? AT has done the best
- it can I think, who knows if it will be enough?
-
- : The PC *is* the machine to beat but you have to convince the buyer that
- : horsepower is not the most important factor. A clever salesperson can do this
- : and I think this is the crux of the problem with Escom sales staff in the UK.
-
- People can generally tell when someone is trying to sell them snake oil,
- they can also detect when they are treated like 'marks' that are just
- supposed to cough up cash.
-
- : I agree totally with Jeff here. I don't want anything like a PC. The emphasis
- : in that market is not about fun. There are far too many mainstream cop outs. I
- : had beta copies of Windows 95 (I have to develop for the thing). Some of the
- : things that were taken out were pretty cool but not very 'corporate'.
-
- Agreed, the business orientation of the PC means high software prices that
- have too many features home buyers wouldn't need and none that they would
- like. Notice how games are around $20-$30 and a word processor is
- $200-$300. Then again PC hardware is cheaper.
-
- : Warning: CAR analogy approaching....
-
- : AT are in the lightweight custom sportscar market at the moment rather than
- : being Ford. The Amiga may be more of a classic rather than modern
- : sportscar but a sportscar it is. Unfortunatley like many a custom sportscar
- : market, they may have to buy an engine off of Ford for a revised model.
-
- The amiga is more like a classic you have to build up from scratch, you get
- the basic frame when you buy it, you have to add the engine, tires, body,
- steering wheel etc. :) In the end you have something that is cool but you
- spent a fortune making it and it won't perform like a brand new car. :)
-
- : If you can live with the custom-ness and non-mainstream then the Amiga's for
- : you. Some people like to be different. *Some* is the operative word.
-
- Agreed, some amiga users like being different, not all will like the new
- walker case design, but I suspect many will live with it rather than buy
- another case.
-
- : You either wait for the next big step or take the hit on a model that gets
- : marked down rapidly as the new one is out.
-
- We'll see, I have yet to see decreasing amiga prices. An amiga generally
- costs less when it has become several years obsolete and you can only buy
- them used.
-
- : In computer terms, 12 months *is* overnight for a brand new machine. Myself,
- : I'm waiting for the new PPC model, my 030 2000 is ok for the meanwhile and I
- : can always use one of the machines at work if I wanted. I'd rather spend the
- : money in the meantime on a new mountain bike than jumping ship to the PC -
- : much more fun!
-
- Like I said, I think At has done the best it can, it will depend on the
- price they can make walkers at whether or not they will sell. I think the
- PPC amiga will be in the a4000 price range, if only to offset the Osbourne
- effect for the walker.
-
- Regards,
-
- BM
-
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