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From: pds@quintus.UUCP (Peter Schachte)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Info on new low-end Mac
Message-ID: <1403@quintus.UUCP>
Date: 26 Jul 90 20:50:45 GMT
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In article <1990Jul22.011427.1065@utstat.uucp> philip@utstat.uucp (Philip McDunnough) writes:
>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

I think Commodore could help the Amiga a lot more by getting a few of
the better word processors and spreadsheets ported to the Amiga.  I
believe that would negate most of the Mac's advantages over the Amiga.

Of course, for specialized domains, programs will always appear on the
PC first.  I think Commodore should concede those markets (but stick
with desktop video and other markets where the Amiga has a natural
advantage).  But for a general/business market, it'd be a lot harder to
justify $1500 extra for a Mac if the Amiga had as good a word processor
and spreadsheet.

-- 
-Peter Schachte
pds@quintus.uucp
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