Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!csd4.milw.wisc.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!portal!cup.portal.com!DMasterson From: DMasterson@cup.portal.com (David Scott Masterson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Wish I had an Amiga 1500 Message-ID: <20317@cup.portal.com> Date: 11 Jul 89 06:17:20 GMT References: <20219@cup.portal.com> <446@aucis.UUCP> <42427@bbn.COM> Distribution: usa Organization: The Portal System (TM) Lines: 22 In message <42427@bbn.com>, denbeste@bbn.com writes: >Commodore has ridden a different path. You can choose "cheap" (the 500) or >"expandable" (the 2000). I don't see any room in there for a third path. There >is NO BENEFIT FOR COMMODORE in selling your "1500", even if they COULD match >the price you quote. [And I don't think that "it'll have a nice small footprint >which is more in favor in Europe" is a sufficient benefit.] > Wrong, banana breath! (forgive me -- I've always wanted to say that :-) No, actually, you don't need a third path to identify the reasons. One is "cheaper" (vis-a-vis the A2000) and the other is "more expandable" (vis-a-vis the A500). I think there is plenty of room in these two reasons to justify more from Commodore where the Amiga is concerned. Already, there is call for a more powerful/expandable Amiga "workstation" (A3000). I could see good reason for an A250 (one zero) for more of the home market (Commodore's more traditional market). So why not something for those who feel they need more than an A500 and less than an A2000 (did someone say A1000?? ;-). There may be a market (although, I think there is more of a market in shooting higher and lower than the current levels). David Masterson DMasterson@cup.portal.com