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From: bgribble@jarthur.Claremont.EDU (Bill Gribble)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Amiga pessimism
Message-ID: <5526@jarthur.Claremont.EDU>
Date: 28 Mar 90 05:21:28 GMT
Organization: Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA 91711
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I'm a faithful Amiga owner - I've had mine for over 3 years, and have
  been happy all the time.  I invested an additional $500 for expansion
  about 2 weeks ago without hesitation - and 500 smacks is a *lot* of
  money to a starving college student.  But I've been reading all this - 
  to put it mildly - pessimistic stuff about the Amiga's future, and   
  I'm beginning to  wonder, too.  

What *does* the future hold for Commodore and the Amiga?  I see some
  dichotomy between the user community's opinions (either really
  down on the  Amiga or saying 'Hey - even if it's true, keep a 
  smile on your face!') and those of the Commodore people who 
  post - notably the Amix people - who seem pretty optimistic,
  even though they might be out jobs if things went bad.

So what's the deal?  Is 1.4 really going to make that big of a difference?
  What's the state of development on upcoming goodies?  My plan right 
  now is to stick with my Amiga for three more years - will there
  be an up-to-date '030 or '040 C= machine to replace it?  Or will we
  still be waiting for the 3000?

I'm writing this to spark some discussion, so flame away!

                                            Bill.

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