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From: GWO110%URIACC.BITNET@brownvm.brown.edu (F. Michael Theilig)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: MAC ][cx appraisal
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Date: 28 Mar 90 03:48:55 GMT
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     The Mac is more professional, but there is only ONE reason I'd ever
 want a Mac.  My school is obsessed with them, and I could use their
 laser printer.  That's about it.

     The University of Rhode Island will never get an Amiga lab for
 applications.  I did my resume on a Mac SE in MS Word.  I got great
 results, but that damn machine is incredibly slow!  MS Word is no better
 than ProWrite.  And MUCH more expensive.

     I think part of the Amiga's problem is that there is no market for
 mediocre software.  Seriously.  There are share ware and free ware
 programs available on the Amiga that would cost between $40 and $50 on
 the Mac.  One might think this would help us, but what software company
 would want to compete with FREE stuff?

     People have preconcieved ideas about PD.  It's hard for them to realize
 that our PD stuff is GOOD STUFF!

     Also, Amiga's don't seem to sell at the same places.  You know those
 nice, little carpeted places that sell Apple and IBM equipment.  An
 attractive lady in a concervitive evening gown points to a Mac much like
 Vanna White and says in a pleasing voice "Buy a macintosh or I'll KILL
 YOU!!"  Around here Amigas sell in low-budget software stores.

     You'll notice that I never mentioned hardware capability.  Thats because
 actual performence has very little to do with the purchace decition.

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