Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!mcnc!gatech!bloom-beacon!deccrl!news.crl.dec.com!pa.dec.com!bacchus!mwm From: mwm@raven.relay.pa.dec.com (Mike (My Watch Has Windows) Meyer) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: '030 Ami vs '040 NeXT Message-ID: Date: 12 Dec 90 15:28:49 GMT References: <1990Dec9.224705.24123@rice.edu> <1990Dec9.234749.9687@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu> <22081@well.sf.ca.us> Sender: news@pa.dec.com (News) Distribution: usa Organization: Missionaria Phonibalonica Lines: 32 In-Reply-To: yoo@well.sf.ca.us's message of 10 Dec 90 08:38:47 GMT >Who cares. How does Foobar cost with Xx meg floppy? May I remind you >that 10 and 20 meg floppies are just around the corner. But I tend to doubt those will come standard with the new Amigas, as the 2.88 MB drive comes standard with the new NeXTs. Insite has announced availability of their 20Meg 3" floppy drive for April. It reads & writes DD & HD 3" floppies. CBM has publicly announced they are getting the first large shipment of drives (or so Insite tells me). Sure _sounds_ like they're going to come standard with the next generation Amiga. It would be of little comfort to an Amiga 3000UX buyer if the line died but Commodore lived on. Actually, it would be quite a bit of comfort. The A3000UX is a stock Amiga. The buyer may not be able to get software fixes & upgrades (though I'd be surprised if some third party didn't pick the product up as a software offering), but they'd still be able to get hardware fixes & upgrades. And it's the hardware that's usually the problem with an orphan. The software doesn't break, it just gets obsolete. Coming to you from an old NeXT. But eagerly awaiting our upgrades. Probably a state you'll be in for a while, if you believe the numbers Jobs has been quoting.