Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!decwrl!decwrl!granite.pa.dec.com!mwm From: mwm@raven.pa.dec.com (Mike (Real Amigas have keyboard garages) Meyer) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: A3000 Message-ID: Date: 3 May 90 18:34:06 GMT References: <79733@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> <8863@hubcap.clemson.edu> <11126@cbmvax.commodore.com> <153@next.com> Sender: news@decwrl.dec.com Organization: Missionaria Phonibalonica Lines: 39 In-reply-to: aozer@next.com's message of 1 May 90 07:37:30 GMT In article <153@next.com> aozer@next.com (Ali Ozer) writes: If Commodore were to provide the 3000 without a harddisk, too many people would end up making the mistake of buying the machine without it, and then getting one later, which would invalidate all the advantages listed above. You're right - there are incentives for having some minimal configuration. But that configuration is at the A500 level, not the A3000 level. After all, that's where the bulk of the Amigas sold - both currently and in the near future - are. That's the level most people will be developing software for (how long do you think it'll be before 10% of the A500 market is smaller than 100% of the A3000 market?). Now, consider my position. I gave up on keeping old hardware around, as it occupies space and isn't used. So I'd sell the machine I have if I bought an A3000, after moving what hardware I was interested in into the A3000. This would mean I'd yank the 40 Meg disk, put in my two 3.5" 100Meg disks, and have to sell the 40 Meg disk as well. And until it was sold, I'd have hundreds of dollars sitting around not being used. This is an expensive pain. I'm sure I'm not the only one who's got more small disks than they need, and don't particularly want any more such. Requiring people to pay for things that they don't want and won't use is a bad policy. Making them wait while the specially ordered system shows up isn't. And while we're at it, offering some other wierd configurations (a floptical comes to mind) might be nice. On the other hand, I'm sure that if I present a dealer with the option of taking the 40Meg drive out, crediting me with the cost of an internal 40Meg drive and charging me an hours labor, or not making a sale at all - they'd make the sale.