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- From: sinclap2954@cobra.uni.edu (PETER SINCLAIR-DAY)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy,comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: Walker vs. the $999 7200/75 w/4xCD!
- Message-ID: <1996Mar31.120302.53727@cobra.uni.edu>
- Date: 31 Mar 96 12:03:02 -0600
- References: <1996Mar26.121829.53605@cobra.uni.edu> <4j9np0$aam@flood.xnet.com> <4jlama$a4e@flood.xnet.com>
- Followup-To: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy,comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Organization: University of Northern Iowa
-
- In article <4jlama$a4e@flood.xnet.com>, jcompton@flood.xnet.com (Jason Compton) writes:
- > : In article <315983E9.2818@p3.enzian.com>, Jude Anthony
- > : <jude@p3.enzian.com> wrote:
- >
- > : > Oh, Jason, I expected so much more:
- >
- > : > > I don't like him either, but I expected the Editor-in-Chief to have a
- > : > better rebuttal, like "you have to buy the Mac keyboard and Monitor
- > : > separately" (if that's still true), or "the Mac doesn't have composite
- > : > video out," or _anything_ better than straight insults.
- >
- > Sorry. It was a bad day and quite frankly it seems to be the only way to
- > address the issue. Because there IS no issue. If Mr. Day wants to
- > stockpile $1000 PowerMacs while others buy 4000Ts, that's not his problem
- > and it's not my problem because it's NOT a problem.
- >
- > When someone is obnoxious over something that is quite clearly a matter
- > of personal CHOICE, what else is there to do than get off a cheap
- > personal insult and move on?
- >
- > I CHOOSE to use an Amiga. I CHOOSE not to buy a PowerMac, regardless of
- > its price. There, done.
-
- I suppose its different now that the tables are turned. Lets look back in the
- past when the Mac was percieved to be overpriced and Amiga owners constantly
- harp on that.. Amiga users are using the same excuses as Mac people when they
- had to defend their over priced hardware. I was an Amiga user in the 80's when
- the Amiga provided more bang for the dollar.
-
- The current available Amiga in NA is the A4000T which costs $2800. Not
- everyone needs a Toaster. How do you expect to expand the market at that
- price?
-
- >
- > --
- > Jason Compton jcompton@xnet.com
- > Editor-in-Chief, Amiga Report Magazine (708) 741-0689 FAX
- > Fire on the hemisphere below. Your finest hour.
- > AR on Aminet - docs/mags/ar???.lha AR Mailing list - Mail me
- > WWW - http://www.omnipresence.com/Amiga/News/AR, www.cucug.org/ar/ar.html
-
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