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From: MBS110@psuvm.psu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Future of 500 (was help on installing 1meg agnus)
Message-ID: <90301.114530MBS110@psuvm.psu.edu>
Date: 28 Oct 90 16:45:30 GMT
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In article <6876@sugar.hackercorp.com>, peter@sugar.hackercorp.com (Peter da
Silva) says:
>
>I'm sorry, but anyone saying the A500 should be restricted because of
>*marketing* reasons had better get ready for serious flames. It was bad
>enough abandoning the A1000 and it's only got 100,000 or so in circulation.
>With most Amiga users being A500 owners Commodore would pretty much kill
>what remains of their credibility with a move like that.
>--
>Peter da Silva.   `-_-'
><peter@sugar.hackercorp.com>.

Just to put in my $0.02, it's my experience that a lot of
A500 owners (more than you might think!) bought the 500
because they wanted an Amiga, but could not afford a 2000.
The only advantages of the 2000, anyway, are the 1 MB standard,
and more slots. Look at it this way: the 500 has all
the capabilities of the 2000. It is still expandable,
just a bit more clunky to do so. So why shell out the extra
$700 (or whatever), especially if you can't easily afford it?

We need to get rid of the prejudice that all A500 owners
bought their computers just to play games, and therefore
can be tossed aside in the junkheap whenever the latest
technical innovation comes along... such as 2.0.

By the way, HAS C= actually ANNOUNCED they will not be
putting the 2.0 ROMs in new 500's? Or is this just
an evil rumor? I've read through this entire thread
and the answer is never made clear.

/Mark "Remixed for Common Household Appliances" Sachs - MBS110@psuvm.psu.edu\
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