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From: david@starsoft.UUCP (Dave Lowrey)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: AMIGA
Message-ID: <188287c2.ARN2591@starsoft.UUCP>
Date: 12 Jan 91 14:20:18 GMT
References: <4402@mindlink.UUCP> <1991Jan11.225935.26086@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu>
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In article <1991Jan11.225935.26086@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu>, Ray Cromwell writes:

> In article <4402@mindlink.UUCP> a684@mindlink.UUCP (Nick Janow) writes:
> >
> >rjc@wookumz.ai.mit.edu (Ray Cromwell) writes:
> >
> >> Once you see an Amiga, you'll buy it no matter what the price is, just
> >> because its an Amiga.
> >>
> >> :-) :-) :-)
> >
> >Actually, seeing an Amiga is what made me decide not to buy one.  The lousy
> >quality text turned me off.  I bought a Mac instead.  I never regretted it.
>
>   The exact opposite happens with me. Seeing the Mac's pricetag, quality,
> non-multitasking, immediately turned me off. The Mac Classic is
> almost as bad as a C64, I'd rather have a A500 which Consumer Report
> voted Best Buy of the year.
>

Seeing the price of Mac software is what convinced me that I didn't
want one.

Seeing software reviews that say " And it's reasonably priced at $659.00."
really turned me off!                       ^^^^^^^^^^



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