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In article <3057@sugar.uu.net> peter@sugar.uu.net (Peter da Silva) writes:
>In article <3fff1a00.14e07@gtephx.UUCP>, covertr@gtephx.UUCP (Richard E. Covert) writes:
>> Commodore has done
>> a GREAT job ADVERTISING (Atari doesn't advertise!!) the machines.
>
>Tell them that on comp.sys.amiga. We are uniformly disgusted by the Commodore
>advertising, and wish they did as good a job as Atari. Atari has some effective
>advertisements comparing the hardware with the PC and the Apple IIGS, where it
>shines (as does the Amiga, but Commodore doesn't see fit to tell anyone).

That's odd; the opinion here seems to be that comparing hardware isn't
nearly as good as comparing applications: users don't understand the
diferences between buswidths, microprocessors, and clock speeds. On
the other hand, it's probably tough to convince the consumer that
"You can get a spreadsheet for the {Atari ST,Amiga} that is just
as good as any for the {Mac/IIgs/PC}".

Probably the best advertising dollars spent are those on vertical
markets. But we all dream of seeing Commodore and Atari prevent PC
klones and over-priced Macs from owning the personal computer market.

-- greg

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