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From: arc@desire.wright.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Amiga Marketing (IBM <--- LAME!!!)
Message-ID: <705.268c2b87@desire.wright.edu>
Date: 30 Jun 90 09:33:11 GMT
References: <31157@cup.portal.com> <138108@sun.Eng.Sun.COM>
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In article <138108@sun.Eng.Sun.COM>, jasonf@cetemp.Eng.Sun.COM (Jason Freund) writes:
> 	I've seen the same thing.  Some of my friends at school were
> comparing Amigas to IBM 286s/386s.  Both bought IBM systems from 
> a local retailer despite everything I told them.  Somehow the message
> isn't getting through.  One friend explained that he bought the IBM
> because you can get a sound card that allows you to play good quality
> sounds.  *great*  My other friend bought the IBM because it has good
> home application (ie word processing etc).  
> 	I have seen Commodore's ads.  An A3000 ad in my school's 
> paper mentions all built-in key capabilities.  
> 	What can we/C= do to get through to these people that the
> Amiga is a superior machine?

    It's the hype and BIG ads of these BIG corporations...  That's the MAIN
reason I bet they bought those IBM's.  You TOLD these people things about the
Amiga, WHY didn't you SHOW them, and let them hear some awsome music?