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From: OHA101%URIACC.BITNET@mitvma.mit.edu (F. Michael Theilig)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Wish I had an Amiga 1500
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Date: 11 Jul 89 20:29:12 GMT
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     I feel compelled to give my opinion here.  When I was looking at
 the Amiga, I was looking twords the A500.  Price WAS an object.
 I hate the A500's style.  It looks like a C128.  I immagine that it
 was aimed at the home computer/game machine market.  I think higher
 of the Amiga than to call it a game machine.

     The 2000 was expensive and I didn't think I needed all of the extra
 stuff.  Definately not the PC slots, no 5 1/4 inch drive bay, possibly
 not all of the Amiga slots, maybe not the video and co-processor
 slots.  I wanted a redesigned A1000.

     I couldn't understand why Commodore built another machine completely
 (the A500) rather than redesign the 1000.

   Take a A1000, give it a little more room inside, new chip set, standard
 board updates, Kickstart in ROM... basicly bring up the technology to
 A500 standards.  Or rather, putting the 500 in the 1000 box.

     Maybe this would have cut into 2000 sales ( I did buy a A2000).
 Apple doesn't seem to have any trouble, though.  What do they have,
 10 different models?

     I am glad I bought my 2000.  I ate less for a year, but I feel good
 that I have upward mobility.  But, if there was a cheaper acceptable
 machine, I would have definately gotten it, instead.  Maybe I would have
 regretted it.  I doubt it.

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