Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!columbia!rutgers!topaz!lachac From: lachac@topaz.RUTGERS.EDU (Gerard Lachac) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Computerland pulls out of the Amiga Market? Message-ID: <7408@topaz.RUTGERS.EDU> Date: Mon, 1-Dec-86 10:45:59 EST Article-I.D.: topaz.7408 Posted: Mon Dec 1 10:45:59 1986 Date-Received: Mon, 1-Dec-86 20:25:28 EST References: <1986Nov29.125248.15249@utcs.uucp> <4045@jhunix.UUCP> Reply-To: lachac@topaz.UUCP (Gerard Lachac) Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 18 In article <4045@jhunix.UUCP> ins_adjb@jhunix.UUCP (Daniel Jay Barrett) writes: > The salesman did not even know that the Amiga is multi-tasking! >When I demonstrated it for him, having multiple windows open, he said >"Well, the Macintosh does that too." (SHEEEEESH!!!) > -- Dan This seems to be the norm in most "business" computer stores I've been to. Hell, one place I had to show them where to plug in the mouse on there new Apple IIgs. It seems many of these sales people know a couple of "neat" demos so they can sell to the uneducated buyer. A side note: People complain about the electronic/game store selling computers. These people hire a lot of the teen crowd, the "hacker" who actually KNOW what they're talking about... Just a thought... lachac@topaz.rutgers.edu