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From: CFW@S67.Prime.COM
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Amiga Commercials! (was: Monday
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Date: 19 Oct 89 07:42:00 GMT
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Nf-From: S67.Prime.COM!CFW    Oct 19 07:42:00 1989


I saw my first Commodore TV commercial on 10/16 at 10:30pm.  While I was
happy to see it, I was not greatly impressed with the focus or style of
the commercial.  I found myself being told, "This is a fun [read: game]
machine."  It never stayed on any one scene for more than a few seconds,
so I had a very hard time getting a feel for the strengths the machine
had that would want me to at least consider investigating it.  I certainly
came away with the feeling that it's only good for "fun" stuff, that it
didn't do "serious" or "business" stuff.

On the other hand, I have seen Commodore do much better magazine ads recently,
particularly in mags such as "Music Educator Today" where they really did a
decent job describing its potential in the Music Education field.  Plus the
mag has done reviews on the C64, C128, and Amiga line and said that the
C64/128 were the best buys for the $$$ and ability, and that if you needed
the best, get the Amiga except that there is very little software available
for Music Education (a problem common to the Apples & Macs also).  They
panned the IBM PC line.

Christopher Wroten
Prime Computer Inc.
500 Old Connecticut Path
Framingham, Ma. 01701
MS 10-21.
Internet: CFW@S67.Prime.Com
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