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From: cactus@zardoz.club.cc.cmu.edu (Todd Masco)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: AMIGA DEMOS: Europe VS. USA
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Date: 25 Apr 91 01:52:27 GMT
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I would tend to believe that the demogaphics of Amiga owners are simply
 different between the United States and Europe.

Most teenagers get their computers because their parents buy them.  In the
 US, there is a well-established base of PC-compatible mentality -- the
 vast majority of the remainder going with the Mac.  The Amiga seems to
 be bought mostly by people who are at least college age.

Simply put, I think that the US amiga owners typically are older and less
 likely to pour hours of time into making a spiffy demo than the
 typical European owner.

The Amiga are hardly the first commonly-owned computer in the US while
 in Europe, it seems to be taking the role that the Apple ][+ played in
 the US.
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Todd L. Masco         |  "Tax the churches.
tm2b+@andrew.cmu.edu  |   Tax the businesses owned by the churches." - FZ