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From: sparks@corpane.UUCP (John Sparks)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Amiga 1500? (was Re: Amiga Competitiveness.)
Message-ID: <3375@corpane.UUCP>
Date: 9 Oct 90 14:13:16 GMT
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koshy@abekrd.UUCP (Koshy Abraham) writes:

>>UK? What is the difference between it and the 2000? What's its purpose?
>The difference - the A1500 comes with 2 floppy drives instead of one. You get
>the colour monitor and the various bits of software in the package. A 2000 with
>single floppy and colour monitor retails for about 1450 pounds.
>Sounds like a marketing ploy.

But as a marketing ploy it doesn't make sense. They are using a smaller
model number (1500 rather than 2000), and giving you more hardware (extra
floppy and monitor) and some software, and charging you less than they
do for a 2000??? 

Sounds idiotic to me. Why not just add the stuff to the 2000, keep the model
number 'Amiga 2000' and charge less? That would make more sense. 
Giving it a number like Amiga 1500, makes it sound inferior to a 2000.

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