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From: ragg0270@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Richard Alan Gerber)
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Subject: Re: Some MAC and Amiga Comparisons. aka Marc blunders
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Date: 17 Oct 90 17:58:03 GMT
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rwm@atronx.UUCP (Russell McOrmond) writes:

>All this is 'again' proving is that Commodore needs to set up an Advertised
>educational Discount program for post-secondary institutions, and also 
>seriously look into what would be required to have the Amiga sold out of the
>School Computer Stores.  While the Dealer network might 'seem' like a good idea
>to Commodore, a lot of students do not go to a dealer to buy a computer, they
>go straight to the University Computer store.  And what do they see?  IBM Clones,
>and MAC systems.  They're never even given a chance to make an educated choice.

Another problem is the one I've encountered. We want to buy an Amiga 
for our research group. We started the process the second week in
September. Not only do we not have our Amiga, the paperwork is still
being processed by the university! Even worse, the local dealer who we
have to go through has had his telephone disconnected! If we can ever
get in touch with the dealer (who I understand IS still in business), it's
another 4 weeks (according to C= service rep) for the machine to get
to the dealer after that. This is all too much. I was on the verge of
cancelling the order this morning, but since I lobbied so hard for the
Amiga, I didn't (yet!).

At the same time we ordered some Mac equipment. We've been happily using
it since a few days after we put in the order (I'm writing this on a 
Mac). The school had the Mac equipment in stock on campus and if it hadn't
been for the delays of office paperwork and the department inventory stickers
we could have had it the same day I think.

FYI, this is at the Univ. of Illinois (36,000 students and one Amiga
dealer nowhere near campus (but in the same city, so I guess we should
feel lucky). Now if only they had a phone...


Thoroughly frustrated,

Richard Gerber
gerber@rigel.astro.uiuc.edu