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- From: wnear@epix.net (Bill Near)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy,comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: New Press Release!
- Date: 22 Mar 1996 21:57:05 GMT
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- On 21 Mar 1996 17:11:24 GMT, Byron Montgomerie articulated:
- <> 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.
-
- If the above statement were true then no clones would ever
- be sold.
-
- <> 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. :)
-
- This sounds more like a clone than an Amiga to me.
-
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