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- Path: sparky!uunet!caen!hellgate.utah.edu!cc.usu.edu!sl1zm
- From: sl1zm@cc.usu.edu
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: A1200 and LD vs HD
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.033714.60983@cc.usu.edu>
- Date: 18 Nov 92 03:37:14 MDT
- References: <1992Nov11.100321.60681@cc.usu.edu> <1992Nov17.182805.10553@hubcap.clemson.edu>
- Organization: Utah State University
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- In article <1992Nov17.182805.10553@hubcap.clemson.edu>, charlet@hubcap.clemson.edu (Charles E "Rick" Taylor IV) writes:
- > jgrimm@TorreyPinesCA.ncr.com (Jeffrey Grimmett 9999) writes:
- >
- >>Quoth sl1zm@cc.usu.edu:
- >>]> >
- >>]> > "Are you here to buy a computer or a disk drive?"
- >>]> >
- >>]> > So on and so forth...
- >>]>
- >>]> Sorry, it's a little different in real life.
- >
- >>Sorry, but been there, done that. I spent quite some time in the trenches
- >>locally. Decided RIGHT AWAY that there was no real need to try to sell
- >>someone something they didn't want. It leads to more headaches than it's
- >>worth. The bottom line with me is that if they are more interested in
- >>minute details like the floppy drive, it's a lost cause. If you want to
- >>sell the computer, SELL THE COMPUTER.
- >
- > He's absolutely right, though. If treated in an insulting manner, I'd go
- > to the Better Business Bureau, the local + state Chambers Of Commerce, and
- > call the companies for whom you were a dealer and tell them what I thought
- > of your services in no kind terms.
- >
- > So, if the person asks if the computer comes with a high-density drive and
- > if not could it be fitted with one, the best course of action is *not* to
- > insult him/her. It could come back to haunt you later.
-
- What seems to get the best response is to tell them that the high end Amiga's
- do have HD drives and it was left out of the lower systems for $$ reasons.
- I usually point out that the Amiga's have all had a 3.5" drive standard from
- day one and you don't have to add a 5.25" drive like you would on IBM's if
- you want to be sure to be compatible with everyone.
- They seem to accept the combo of no 5" needed and HD available sometime in the
- future. Besides, if they are buying a hard drive system, they don't use the
- floppy all the time anyway.
-
- It's also good to point out how much they need to spend on a sound board if
- they want to maintain compatibility with *all* the IBM software.
- Mention that Disney has it's own sound device as do some other companies, and
- that they are different than the SoundBlaster. Then tell 'em what a board that
- is compatible with all of the above costs. They start to get the picture
- pretty quick.
-
-
- James
-
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