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From: rkl@cbnewsh.att.com (kevin.laux)
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
Subject: Re: CDI questions
Message-ID: <1991Feb15.141309.6025@cbnewsh.att.com>
Date: 15 Feb 91 14:13:09 GMT
References: <573@hydra.bucknell.edu> <1991Jan15.040230.26507@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca> <639.27ba5a65@vger.nsu.edu>
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In article <639.27ba5a65@vger.nsu.edu>, manes@vger.nsu.edu ((Mark D. Manes), Norfolk State University) writes:
> 
> PC and Mac, PC and Mac.  Complete ignorance of what is true competition.
> Neither the Mac nor the PC have truly viable multimedia platforms.   I
> find it interesting that you are completely ignoring the significance
> of Commodore's CDTV unit.
> 
> You folks wonder why Amiga people are so "defensive".  You see, in a market
> nearly created by Commodore the only machines mentioned in a message like
> this is PC and Mac.  Ignorance is bliss I guess.

	Not at all.  CD-I is neither PC or Mac, but a standalone box whose
main purpose is to deliver multimedia.

	As for why PC and Mac are always mentioned, well, the Mac has had
tools for audio and video production/editing for several years.  PC because
of the installation base.  Why would I want to buy *another* computer system
so I can have multimedia (after I've already spent thousands of dollars on
hardware and software) when I can readily buy a little more hardware and
software for my PC?

	There are lots of people bringing multimedia to businesses that
already have PCs.  And one of the big selling points is that just by adding
a CD-ROM drive and an add-in card, you too, can have multimedia.  You get
a bigger bang for the buck (and believe me, businesses are watching every
penny!)

	Multimedia for the Mac has great potential because they have a large
share of the educational market.  Multimedia presents a wonderful way to
enhance the learning experience.

	I disagree that neither the Mac nor the PC have truly viable
multimedia platforms.  What makes you say that?  What can you do on an
Amiga that you can't do on a PC or Mac?  There has to be an incredibly
significant advantage to make people switch.  After all PC does multimedia,
Mac does multimedia, Amiga does multimedia, CD-I does multimedia, and Bo
does multimedia ;-).

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