Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!cs.utexas.edu!rutgers!cbmvax!cbmehq!cbmger!peterk From: peterk@cbmger.UUCP (Peter Kittel GERMANY) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Subject: Re: Amiga will bump Mac. Message-ID: <1056@cbmger.UUCP> Date: 4 Apr 91 12:25:58 GMT References: <40693@cup.portal.com> <1991Mar31.055402.7293@ariel.unm.edu> <1991Mar31.182044.27856@sugar.hackercorp.com> <1991Apr03.224953.21366@convex.com> Reply-To: peterk@cbmger.UUCP (Peter Kittel GERMANY) Organization: Commodore Bueromaschinen GmbH, West Germany Lines: 16 In article <1991Apr03.224953.21366@convex.com> swarren@convex.com (Steve Warren) writes: > >If you want an automobile analogy I'd say that the Mac was a Cadillac; > >Actually in Europe the Amiga has no problem claiming the title of "Chevy". Please, when using such analogies, consider also that we Europeans are doing very hard to understand them: For us *every* Chevy or Cadillac are BIG, HUGE street cruisers that don't fit on our narrow streets here. But reading between the lines I guess that "Chevy" stands for "cheap" and "Cadillac" for "expensive/luxury"? Is that true? (Sorry, such things are not taught at school :-) -- Best regards, Dr. Peter Kittel // E-Mail to \\ Only my personal opinions... Commodore Frankfurt, Germany \X/ {uunet|pyramid|rutgers}!cbmvax!cbmger!peterk