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- From: tl14@bton.ac.uk (Eddie)
- Subject: Re: Walker vs. the $999 7200/75 w/4xCD!
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- Date: Thu, 4 Apr 1996 14:31:18 GMT
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- PETER SINCLAIR-DAY (sinclap2954@cobra.uni.edu) wrote:
- : In article <4jlama$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.
-
- Well, here in England and Europe (i think) the PowerMacs are *much* more
- expensive than Amiga's. Yes the A4000 is over priced. But it was that or
- nothing, I guess.
-
- : 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?
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- * Tim Lewis (a.k.a Eddie) * "You think I'm crazy! *
- * * You wouldn't know what crazy was *
- * T.Lewis@bton.ac.uk * if Charles Manson was sitting on *
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