Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!wuarchive!julius.cs.uiuc.edu!apple!rutgers!rochester!pt.cs.cmu.edu!o.gp.cs.cmu.edu!andrew.cmu.edu!sk2x+ From: sk2x+@andrew.cmu.edu (Sun Kun Kim) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Amiga Competitiveness. Message-ID: Date: 26 Sep 90 17:13:11 GMT References: <4661@crash.cts.com> <1254@crackers.clearpoint.com>, <1255@crackers.clearpoint.com> Organization: Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA Lines: 60 In-Reply-To: <1255@crackers.clearpoint.com> I don't know if upgrading the 2000's to the 68020 would be such a good idea. Someone said that it would be much cheaper to put the 68020 rather than a card. Although that maybe true, you will be getting rid of the compatibility factor. I always thought of the A2000 as the upgradeable A500. I thought about the price ratio between the two and came to decide on the A2000. And who said it costs 3 times as much as the A500? I thought it was a little less than 1.5 times more.($799 for the A500 package and $1200 for the A2000 both at education prices) You might say that you can just as easily expand the A500s but have you checked the prices of the peripherals?? It usually costs about $100(more in some cases) more than the equivalent A2000 version(card). Let's say that you bought a hard drive and a ram expansion. You spend about $200 less for the A2000 than you would on the A2000 and plus it looks much nicer since it it housed in a nice 'sack' instead of all these different things coming out of your A500. I guess if you are only interested in games and some small business stuff, you could settle for the A500 and not worry about expansion. However, if you are thinking of doing any expansion at all, A2000 would be a better choice. And if the A2000s were 68020 based, it would defeat the purpose of buying the A2000 in the first place. I would keep the configurations as is for now for the above reasons. If you really wanted a 68020 based machine, you can buy the A2500 instead or buy the A2620 card for the A2000. It might cost a little more but in the name of compatibility in this business, you can bet it's woth it! In the light of cheper MS-DOS machines, I would still choose the A2000. And Marc, where did you get the figure for the 386 machine? I don't think the packacge that you name is only $100 more than the A2000HD educational price. A2000HD's educational price is $1600(?) and 386 machine wouldn't go that low. I've seen 286 machines at about $1800.(including VGA, monitor, hard drive, etc) I just want to know where I can get one of these kits. Even if the prices Marc quote is correct, MS-DOS wouldn't be in my favor. Sure, it might be faster(20 mhz?) and there might be tons of software(mostly EGA and below), I would rather have multitasking among other things the Amigas are 'famous' for.(Do I hear m-u-l-i-m-e-d-i-a? and c-u-s-t-o-m c-h-i-p-s?) Sun... P.S. Everything I said above is IMHO. You may believe other-wise but I believe I share the view with a few other Amiga owners. P.P.S. I am not saying other people that have commented on the topic are wrong but just wanted to point out that there are others(like myself) out there with different feelings on the subject. *****************************************************************************Ca rnegie Mellon University INTERNET: sk2x+@andrew.cmu.edu Yet, another version of sig file. I don't feel too interesting now so I will just leave it like this. I will update it to a bodacious version 'soon'. Party on dudes! DISCLAIMER: Everything I say can and will be used against you. :-) :-) :-) ***************************************************************************** SIGNATURE file v.2.1 (updated 9/19/90)