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- From: chip@inter.interzone.ch (Marc Liyanage)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
- Subject: Re: Frustrated with SGI support..
- Message-ID: <01062012.mmf7nc@inter.interzone.ch>
- Date: 2 Jan 93 12:07:38 GMT
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- Organization: Interzone Switzerland
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- In article <C075t4.Ivp@news.cso.uiuc.edu> (comp.sys.sgi), ercolessi@uimrl3.mrl.uiuc.edu (furio ercolessi) writes:
- I think that with the Indigos and all the massive effort spent in their
- > video&audio , SGI is entering a new era. the machines are very
- > attractive for home and are serious competitors of high-end PC's
- > and Macs. in fact, we all know they are much better!
-
- Very true; I just bought a Mac Quadra but if it were a little easier
- to get an Indigo I would have saved a few more pennies to buy one.
-
- > but on the other hand, the maintainance policy seems
- > to discourage the folks willing to take one at home.
- > at this point, such people are likely to be students or professional
- > who already used SGIs at work.
-
- Right; If I had one, I wouldn't have to worry about days or
- even weeks of system downtime. It would just be my private
- machine at home, no critical projects running on it.
- I also wouldn't mind fiddling around with things to get them work.
-
- > the situation is particularly dramatic in europe!
- > i am now in the US, and will be back in Italy in one year, and
- > I am *very* tempted to carry an Indigo with me (of course, there
- > is no way I could buy one in Italy, far too expensive).
-
- I wouldn't dream of buying one here in Switzerland. Far too expensive.
- If it were somehow possible to buy one from the US the way I do with
- Mac stuff, I'd be very happy.
-
- > BUT, I know what the support is in Italy (similar to Germany, it seems),
- > and I know I will be into financial troubles pretty soon. So i am
- > still holding my purchase decision.
-
- > European branches of SGI (if you are listening...): don't you think that
- > if you reduce prices and start being friendly with the home users,
- > the increase in sales can be sufficient to increase your revenue, even
- > if the revenue per machine sold is less?
-
- Exactly; as I said: If it were a little easier to get one just as
- a personal workstation I would certainly have bought one.
- The way it is now, I'm kind of scared of the complicated way
- sales are handled.
- I've been a fan of the Indigo ever since I first saw it in some
- computer magazine.
-
-
- -Marc
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