davego@polari.UUCP (dave oliphant) (11/19/90)
I was just thumbing through the latest issue of PEOPLE magazine (issue of 19 Nov 90), and there was a four (count'em) four page ad for the Amiga 500. I posted this info to a local (seattle) bbs and someone replied that they had seen a similiar ad in REDBOOK. The ad starts on page 71 in the issue I have. It starts out "What to get when your kids' brains outgrow Nintendo?", and finishes up "A real computer, and everything to get you started, for less than $500*". It struck me as a very effective ad. Has anyone else seen these or other ads? I also saw the system advertised in this ad at a local Waldensoftware. Way to go, Commodore!!!!!
cy0q+@andrew.cmu.edu (Chad O. Yoshikawa) (12/02/90)
I don't know about the Amiga ads...Personally, the only amiga ads that I have seen are trying to combat nintendo, etc... I don' think that this is the right direction for commodore. They should focus more on the real competition(Apple,IBM) I have yet to see ads for the 3000. They have the product, the just(still) need the advertisements. It IS better than the Mac--the mac's color is more or less a system patch. I saw a IIsi today--the bw screen was 20x faster than the color screen. Now would be a great time for an all out campaign, considering the shortage of Classics that is causing people to want to shop around more-especially during Christmas. Chad cy0q+@andrew.cmu.edu