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- From: unregistered@newcastle.ac.uk (I.A. Inman)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: Dixons and the A1200
- Message-ID: <BxysJ6.7rK@newcastle.ac.uk>
- Date: 19 Nov 92 13:09:05 GMT
- References: <1992Nov15.103719.9969@sth.frontec.se> <92323.003545BGT101@psuvm.psu.edu> <1992Nov18.133139.21744@ifi.unizh.ch> <1992Nov18.152502.12632@city.cs>
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- lionel@cs.city.ac.uk (Lionel Tun) writes:
-
- >Dixons is one of the dealers the woman at CBM UK mentioned when I
- >asked for technical information.
-
- >I visited Dixons on Saturday, to check out the new A1200. I searched
- >high and low and almost missed it. It was hidden on a very shallow,
- >low shelf. I had to crawl on my hands and knees to look at the
- >machine, which had a small card behind it saying `Amiga 1200', and
- >a couple of details in smaller print. It was not powered up or
- >connected to any sort of display.
-
- >The Sega and Nintendo systems were in prime position and attracting
- >quite a crowd. Even the A600 was in a better position, and connected
- >to a cheap diplay - although it was not running anything apart from
- >the usual Workbench hand (now animated and in a few colours under KS2).
- >
- >Over on the business side, all the PC-Compatibles were hooked up
- >to expensive hi-res monitors, and running impressive looking colour
- >demos of business software, and producing high quality print outs..
-
- >I asked a sales dweeb to show me an A1200. He waved towards it on
- >its hidden shelf, and said that its just the same as the A600
- >really. I said I wanted to check out its 256000 colours and speed.
- >He said it would only look like an A600, as it had no software for
- >it. When I pressed further he gave me the same story, and declined
- >to show me, sayinging the A1200 did not come with a software
- >pack. He said Dixons did not sell any Amiga softare, so he could
- >not demonstrate the A1200. I might have been a potential customer.
- >This scene may well have been repeated in Dixons in every high
- >street in the UK that day. CBM UK Marketing are you listening?
-
- >I looked at the rows and rows of Nintendo and Sega titles, and the
- >crowds buying up these systems in the pre-christmas rush. And I left
- >the store in abject desolation and utter despair.
-
-
- >--
- >Lionel Tun (lionel@cs.city.ac.uk)
- >Vision Group, City University, London, EC1V 0HB. 071-477 8000 x 3889
-
- Bottom of the class for Dixons. I went to look up a 486' PC (yea' but
- Commodore's Amiga machines don't have the software I need!), and the assistant
- tried to tell me there was no difference between an SX and DX machine. When he
- realised I knew more than him, he said "Well will you explain that to our
- technical person?"
-
- I promptly left.
-
- If they can't do their job, why should I do it for them?
-
- You can't really blame Dixons for prioritising the consoles - they are this
- Chritmas's big sellers. But they could have quite easily run the games they
- had for the A600 on the A1200. Or even the Workbench!
-
- And thumbs down to Commodore for not putting any software with it, or an HD disk
- drive.
-
- Though haven't Commodore packaged the thing with Delux Paint?
-
- The beef sandwich.
-