James:
Just a clarification for the record.... all I did was say what *I*
was going to do, and what *my* opinion was. Nothing said was labled as, nor intended to be investment advice.
Nothing personal, James. To me, the nice thing about this place is
the free exchange of ideas between people. I'm always looking for
other points of view. The fact that I am STILL working is ample
proof that I am wrong quite a bit.
I just spent about 5 minutes thumbing through the big retailer's
ads in the May 6, 1997 PC Magazine. I just grabbed one at random
from the pile. The names I saw were ATI, Matrox, Diamond.
I have an Imagine 128(2) card. I think it is a great card. When my wife called one of these places to buy the card for me for Xmas last
year, the guy argued with her that she should buy a different card.
He went so far as to ask her for my phone # so he could tell me why
I should by a different card. (SHe called a different company, they took the order.) About a week later this guy from the first company
called her & asked her what she had decided. When she told him she had
bought a card the day she first talked to him, he was MOST depressed.
He said something to the effect that he could have got her the #9
card, but didn't know she was going to buy that day.
Anyway, for whatever reason, my highly UNscientific "study" seems to indicate Nine is not being pushed or touted by any of the retail firms. To me, and maybe ONLY to me, that is important. I get anywhere
from 3 - 8 phone calls a week from friends or friends of friends who
have questions about their PC's, or are thinking of buying & want to know what they should look for. My guess is, a LOT of folks buy based
upon the suggestions of the people who are selling these things. I
know just enough about PC's to know I really don't know a heck of a lot. But, after talking with some of the retailers, I'm every bit
as knowledgeable as the folks selling the stuff are.
It is most frustrating. I have a #9 card, I think it's great. I
wouldn't trade it for any other brand of card on the market.
Oh well, John Templeton said there would be stocks that just don't
work out the way research & logic indicates.
Regards,
Doug |
