Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!think.com!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!ukma!widener!iggy.GW.Vitalink.COM!pacbell.com!tandem!zorch!amiga0!mykes From: mykes@amiga0.SF-Bay.ORG (Mike Schwartz) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Subject: Re: Why are Amigaoids hell bent on proving the Amiga is better ? Message-ID: Date: 27 Jun 91 08:32:53 GMT References: <3104@kirk.nmg.bu.oz.au> Organization: Amiga makes it possible Lines: 42 In article <3104@kirk.nmg.bu.oz.au> goose@kirk.nmg.bu.oz.au (Ralph Schwarten) writes: >Why does it seem that all Amiga users I come accross (except two), feel that >they have to continually rehash this childish notion that "My computer is >better" than yours. Granted that owners of other types of computers are >culprits here as well, but it seems that they generate a bee's dick of >traffic compared to Amigaoids. A bit of reality :) 1) Apple Computers started the whole "my computer is better than yours" style of marketing with their advertising, and it's been this way since the introduction of the Mac. You have seen Apple ads on TV, no? What's good for Apple should be good for Amiga, too. 2) Amigoids have to fight the image that the Amiga is a game machine, which it is (and isn't). But why being a game machine is a problem escapes me, because most of what makes a machine a great game machine also makes it a great business machine (and video machine and multimedia machine and...) 3) Unlike most other platforms, the vast majority of Amiga owners really like their machines. Amiga owners actually care. 4) Most people who use Amigas don't do black-and-white applications with it. It is a highly creative machine, great for programmers and artists. I have no doubt that the Amiga is THE creative edge. Now, to add my $.02: I prefer the best amiga I can get vs. any machine in its best incarnation. To say that the Amiga, in general, is superior to other machines isn't realistic. I do want to see the Amiga gain better acceptance than it has. The Amiga's strengths are clear to "knowledgable" industry people, because you can see all the Amiga features that have been "borrowed" or mimiced by other platforms. It is really stupid to compare a $20K Mac, for example, with a $500 Amiga. Even if I had a $20K Mac, I wouldn't sell it and buy 40 $500 Amigas with it :) -- **************************************************** * I want games that look like Shadow of the Beast * * but play like Leisure Suit Larry. * ****************************************************