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From: rjg@nis.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Mac vs. Amiga
Message-ID: <151@nis.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 26-Jan-87 01:47:22 EST
Article-I.D.: nis.151
Posted: Mon Jan 26 01:47:22 1987
Date-Received: Tue, 27-Jan-87 01:52:41 EST
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Reply-To: rjg@nis.UUCP (Robert J. Granvin)
Organization: National Information Systems, Inc., Minneapolis
Lines: 37

Why do these silly arguments always seem to end up in "but THIS
machine is CHEAPER!" ?

I determined all my needs.  I looked at many machines.  I compared
those machines to my needs.  I examined areas that the inspected
machines lacked.  I determined ways to work around it, if necessary,
or whether these were wishes instead of needs.  I examined areas that
the machines came out as overkills.  I tried to determine the
advantageous as well as disadvantageous aspects of each machine.
After deciding on a particular machine, I price shopped for the best
price (which includes service, customer support from the seller, etc.)

The fact that I bought an Amiga is beside the point.  So is the fact
that other machines are cheaper (and many are more expensive, by the
way).  The point is that it fits my needs on a long term basis.  One
needs to examine all the possibilities.  Didn't this all start with
someone asking for opinions?  Instead of blasting one machine or
another, and pointing out deficiencies in the other guys machine (many
of the deficiencies listed are more in the area of what you would call
"personal opinion deficiencies":  They don't suit your purposes, but
they might just fill someone elses.)

Let's try and point out the _positive_ aspects of the Amiga, the Mac,
the ST, and anything else, and let the people who want to buy a
machine base their opinion on the positive qualities, not the negative
qualities.  You'll notice that there are a lot more satisfied people
who a machine on positive aspects rather than buy someone elses
machine because they only have negative aspects of the first.

But then again, this has been repeated over, and over, and over again,
and I am sure that it will be again, and again ....

-- 
 Robert J. Granvin                                 UUCP: ihnp4!meccts!nis!rjg
 Programmer/Analyst - Technical Services            ATT: (612) 894-9494
 National Information Systems, Inc. 
   "Let's see who's up the creek without an overthruster NOW, Space Cadet!"