Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!pacbell.com!tandem!zorch!amiga0!mykes From: mykes@amiga0.SF-Bay.ORG (Mike Schwartz) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Subject: Re: The Amiga's Future Message-ID: Date: 7 Jun 91 10:27:49 GMT References: <6678@vela.acs.oakland.edu> <1991Jun03.053144.3208@ariel.unm.edu> <1991Jun4.003619.3661@news.iastate.edu> <25233@well.sf.ca.us> <23@ryptyde.UUCP> Organization: Amiga makes it possible Lines: 23 In article <23@ryptyde.UUCP> dant@ryptyde.UUCP (Daniel Tracy) writes: >Responding to the following: > >" Time for a reality check. For 95% of the people in the Macintosh community, >the LaserWriter is totally useless. The LaserWriter is not going to save the >Macintosh, because it is a product intended for a very limited purpose. Few >Macintosh owners have any need whatsoever for a 300 DPI printer, and the >cost and limitations of the printer make the LaserWriter unsuitable for >other applications." > >The LaserWriter is VERY well used in the Macintosh community, a heck of a lot >more than the Toaster is in the Amiga community. Heck, Apple's making almost as >much money on printers as on Macs! Is that why Apple's stock just dropped 33% in a couple of days and they reported much poorer earnings than expected and laid off a bunch of people? Maybe they're selling MORE printers than computers these days... -- **************************************************** * I want games that look like Shadow of the Beast * * but play like Leisure Suit Larry. * ****************************************************