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From: cpca@iceman.jcu.oz (C Adams)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Amiga Competitiveness.
Summary: Same in Australia
Message-ID: <986@iceman.jcu.oz>
Date: 30 Sep 90 06:13:42 GMT
References: <31531@nigel.ee.udel.edu>
Organization: JCUNQ, Townsville, Qld, Australia
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In article <31531@nigel.ee.udel.edu>, WHE46@ccvax.iastate.edu (Marc Barrett) writes:
>    The Amiga 2000 is a whole other story.  The Amiga 2000 is not
> competitive at all.  In fact, I can get 20Mhz i386 systems with 4M
> of RAM, 1.44M floppy, 40M hard drive, VGA card, and VGA monitor, for
> only $100 more than the *EDUCATION* price of the A2000HD.  Clearly,
> something desperately needs to be done to make the A2000 competitive
> again.  Right now it isn't, period.
> 

The situation is the same in Australia.  A 2000 with monitor is around
$2500 (AUST.) For the same price I can buy a 286 with 44 meg hard drive,
1 meg ram, colour VGA monitor and super VGA card.   

I think the 2000 should be upgraded, maybe with an inbuilt flicker fixer
like the 3000.  The price of the Amiga monitor is over the top as well.

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Colin Adams         Life's funny but I don't laugh
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