Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!cwjcc!hal!nic.MR.NET!umn-d-ub!dross From: dross@umn-d-ub.D.UMN.EDU (david ross) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: anyone heard of "Amstrad" pc clone? Keywords: amstrad, pc clone Message-ID: <595@umn-d-ub.D.UMN.EDU> Date: 7 Dec 88 19:58:16 GMT References: <401500bd.14dc3@gogol> <23715@amdcad.AMD.COM> <17917@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> Reply-To: dross@ub.d.umn.edu.UUCP (david ross) Organization: University of Minnesota, Duluth Lines: 22 In article <17917@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> ilan343@violet.berkeley.edu writes: >In article <23715@amdcad.AMD.COM> phil@diablo.AMD.COM (Phil Ngai) writes: >> [ ... Amstrads are not a good value (paraphrasure) ...] > > [ ... Amstrads are rubbish (paraphrasure) ... ] I'm not an Amstrad owner, but my brother in laws is, and I almost bought one. They're reasonably nice entry-level machines. They outsell *every* other PC clone (including IBM) in Europe. True, they're a bit plastic, but that's only a problem if you intend to drop the machine a lot! The price is quite reasonable, especially considering the software included. When I was pricing them out last summer, I found one place willing to give me the configuration I wanted (monographic, 1 3.5" drive, 1 5.25" drive) for $850. I only decided against it because I want more slots than the Amstrad makes available. -- _ _ _ David A. Ross (Dept.Math.&Stat.,U.ofMN,Duluth) / \/ \/ \ BITNET: dross@umndul THISNET: dross@ub.d.umn.edu / /--/--/ (...all the opinions expressed herein are facts, /__/ / \ hence they belong to nobody, least of all me...)