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From: es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Amiga outclassed
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Date: 25 Mar 90 23:58:16 GMT
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In article <259@tlvx.UUCP> sysop@tlvx.UUCP (SysOp) writes:
>In article <1955@crash.cts.com>, seanc@pro-party.cts.com (Sean Cunningham) writes:
>Ok, so why am I rambling on about this?  Well, in the latest Byte, there
>were a couple of comments in the Mac column.  Notably, the comment, "...the
>halls of copmuting obscurity now occupied by the likes of the Amiga and the
>Atari ST."  It got me thinking about the new state of computers.  In the
>grand scheme of things, the Amiga does all *I* want it to.  When you look
>at buying a computer, you're interested in not just price, but also this
>"security" of having a lot of software and hardware support.  But when I
>look at the other systems, I prefer the Amiga.  If nothing else mattered,
>I like Amiga the most.  For some reason I didn't really think of the Amiga
>as "obscure"; for business use I guess it is.  Please, someone tell me
>how this article is flawed!  Tell me how well Amiga is doing!  Seriously,
>I'm not going to replace my Amiga any time soon.

	There are currently over 1,500,000 Amigas in the world,
selling at a rate of around 500,000 per year. Every quarter for the
past year, sales of the Amiga were greater than the year-ago quarter.
Most of those sales are, admittedly, in Europe. However, there is no
possibility of the Amiga being an orphan in the next few years.

>
>Anyway, I've been pricing hardware for the A1000 for some time now, and am
>toying with the idea of just buying another machine to upgrade.  I think
>I'll wait for the new Amiga(s?) before buying anything.  I'm impatiently
>awaiting....  Say is there any chance for an Amiga laptop?  (I know,
>color LCD screens are probably too expensive, never mind!)  I think I
>will look at the "A3000" or whatever that will be; I'd like a hard drive,
>and a multisynch, and....

	Don't buy an A1000 unless price is really an issue. The
hardware can't be brought with you, it is an orphan, and probably
won't run the next OS fully, if at all.
	There IS a laptop Amiga on the way from a Germany company
called Gigatronic. Supposedly they are working with Commodore
somewhat, although I don't know that for a fact. You might want to
wait for the new Amigas. They will probably be announced in the next
month, but you never know. It could be 3-4 months before they ship.
	-- Ethan

Ethan Solomita: es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu

"If Commodore had to market sushi they'd call it `raw cold fish'"
		-- The Bandito, inevitably stolen from someone else