Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!wuarchive!uwm.edu!fps!myamiga!smp From: smp@myamiga.UUCP (Steve Palm) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware Subject: Re: Better support for A500 owners, not less (was Re: Future of 500) Message-ID: <83.2728F590@myamiga.UUCP> Date: 26 Oct 90 23:02:44 GMT Organization: The Siberian Amiga --- Sault Ste. Marie, MI Lines: 36 In article , jkh@bambam.pcs.com writes: JKH> Despite the fact that I'll eventually have a 3000, I'd still like to JKH> make something usable out of my 500, and I feel that Commodore has JKH> more-or-less abandoned the A500 folks. They're certainly happy enough JKH> to market them as aggressively as ever, but have they offered any JKH> additional peripherals? Nooooo. If the A590 is the best that they can JKH> manage, we're in deep doo-doo. As it is, I'm left to scan the JKH> peripheral company adds anxiously hoping to see the words "A500 model" JKH> buried somewhere amidst the 1001 other offerings for the 2000. When it JKH> comes to memory, HD's or processor cards, the 2000 folks have it made. JKH> The A500 folks are considerably less lucky. We bought it, and JKH> Commodore was happy enough to take our money, but now we're out to JKH> sea. This sucks. I agree with your point that 'most' folks who have A2000 class machines or greater tend to look down on the A500 owners. I don't, however, think you are looking at ALL sides of the issue. When you purchase an A500 these days you get FED-EX pickup for warranty work, with an 800 number to call for help to boot. What do you get in this respect to the A2000? Nada. I live at least 200 miles from the nearest dealer, so the two trips I've had to make for warranty repairs to date have been expensive, and these both within the three months I've had it! While I agree that the A500 needs to be better supported as part of the Amiga family, I don't agree that you have been left 'in the cold.' -- /// AMIGA: | Steve Palm, Sysop of FidoNet node 1:11/16 /// FOR THE | UUCP: {gatech,ames,rutgers}!ncar!asuvax!stjhmc!myamiga!smp \\\/// CREATIVE | INTERNET: [not yet available] \XX/ MIND |_________________________________________________________