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From: space@ncc1701.sub.org (Lars Soltau)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: A3000 case (Was Re: A3000 disk slots)
Summary: I prefer tower cases
Message-ID: <344@ncc1701.sub.org>
Date: 5 May 90 12:29:59 GMT
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In article <11313@cbmvax.commodore.com> grr@cbmvax.commodore.com (George Robbins) writes:
>In article <338@ncc1701.sub.org> space@ncc1701.sub.org (Lars Soltau) writes:
>> Can you give me one good reason why you didn't put the A3000 in a good,
>> professional tower case?
>
>one good reason:       $
>
>Tower cases and power supplies big enough for "enough slots and drive bays
>to please everyone" are fairly expensive.  Having these features has some
>positive effect on the attractiveness of the system, having a higher pricetag
>has an (arguably) greater negative effect.  We want to sell a lot of these
>'030 based systems and having a very competitive base model price/performance
>ratio seems like a reasonable starting point.

OK, I can see your point. But wouldn't it be possible to offer the machine in
a tower case, too? Can you say A3500? I knew you could! :-)

I for one would be willing to pay, say $500 or so more to get a tower case with
a bigger power supply and more slots/drive bays. I consider it a serious flaw
if I can only mount 3.5" drives into a case.

There are some vendors here in Germany who offer tower versions of the A2500.
If they can do it, Commodore should be able to do it, too. I definitely think
that there exists a market for those things.

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