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From: daveh@cbmvax.commodore.com (Dave Haynie)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Macs etc.
Message-ID: <15198@cbmvax.commodore.com>
Date: 17 Oct 90 01:21:59 GMT
References: <901016.15214734.033391@CMR.CP6>
Reply-To: daveh@cbmvax.commodore.com (Dave Haynie)
Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA
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In article <901016.15214734.033391@CMR.CP6> Dennis_Grant@CMR001.BITNET writes:

>     You see, looks count for a lot when you sell things. For example, the
>Mazda Miata is really not all that different from a Chevette, mechanically
>speaking. Even so, they sell very well (and at a higher price!) because
>they look better.

No! No! Bad, wicked, evil analogy.  A Miata and a Chevette are day and night
different.  Drive with me from my house in Jersey to West Chester one day 
along these twisty Pennsylvania back roads at my preferred speed.  We'll take
the Miata the first day, because we won't make it in the Chevette, and you
need a treat before you die.

Certainly packaging plays a part, and you can attract people with a pretty
wrapper.  But if the allure extends throughout the machine, you get extra
money from people who are not fools.

>     The Mac OS looks much better than Workbench. 256 color icons? Useless,
>I agree, but damn they look cool. Even MS windows looks better (read -
>more professional) than poor old WB. It is difficult to look at WB and take
>it seriously.

Which is of course why there's a shiny new Workbench to look at.  

>     Mark is right about Amiga video displays. We have lost the lead in
>both color and resolution, 

The A3000, as shipped, supports higher resolution than any Mac straight
from Apple.  There are a number of high resolution boards for the Mac, which
is an advantage to those who need them.  And they do support more colors.
But they have no resolution advantage.

>and above all else, ADVERTISING. Lots of it.

There I agree.  Advertising is what made the world think the Apple II was a
business computer.  If it could do that, it's capable of just about anything.

>| Dennis Grant DETUD595@CMR001.BITNET |   There ain't no replacement |





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