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From: martin@cbmvax.commodore.com (Martin Hunt)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Info on new low-end Mac
Message-ID: <13353@cbmvax.commodore.com>
Date: 22 Jul 90 05:36:58 GMT
References: <1990Jul19.133752.5611@uunet!unhd> <27545@athertn.Atherton.COM> <26401@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> <1990Jul22.011427.1065@utstat.uucp>
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In article <1990Jul22.011427.1065@utstat.uucp> philip@utstat.uucp (Philip McDunnough) writes:
>    
>Appletalk is a very nice networking system. Note that the protocals
>can run at Ethernet speed(EtherTalk). But for a simple, and easy to
>use network, the Mac's Appletalk interface is great. It comes in
>quite handy on a Unix network.

Except that UNIX networks don't speak Appletalk.

>    
>The A3000 is technically a nice computer. The software base is rather
>limited, so the extra $1500 is more than worth it for 90% of the
>users. Commodore could help the Amiga by cutting its price in half,
>bundling software for specific markets(eg. AmigaTeX,Maple, good terminal
>program,...for university types). At its current price, it simply will
>not sell well. There is not enough software to justify it. 

I like the bundling idea, but Commodores been doing that.  The rest of
your statement doesn't make any sense.  Most people buy a computer to do
a few specific tasks.  If software is available to do those tasks, then
who cares if there are more packages available for another computer.
By your argument, everyone should only buy PCs because they are cheaper
and have more software.



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Martin Hunt                     martin@cbmvax.commodore.com
Commodore-Amiga Engineering     {uunet|pyramid|rutgers}!cbmvax!martin