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From: WHE46@CCVAX.IASTATE.EDU (Marc Barrett)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Time For A New Computer?
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Date: 18 Dec 90 22:26:00 GMT
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In Message <9012180315.AA23854@cwns1.INS.CWRU.Edu>
<ai065@cleveland.Freenet.Edu> writes:

>2) The 500 with simply be changed, motherboard-wise. The changes to the
>normal-looking 500 will include: o A 32 Bit Motherboard  o 1 or 1.5 MEG RAM
>(32 bit)  o The new 32 bit special Chips  o 24bit Graphics built in  o A
>68030 or 68040 CPU running at at least 16Mhz  o The provision of a expansion
>box which can be bought later on, to bring the 500's ability up to that of
>the above computer, along with the 2000 and 3000 series machines.
> 
> Well, I think this would be a killer idea for Commodore to think over.
>Commodore well sell a lot of machines by providing the first '30 CPU and
>24bit graphics machine at a under-$1000 price. Nobody has done this yet.

   Sure, and while Commodore is at it they can sell me a Ferarri Testerosa
on a stick for five dollars and 98 cents.

   I doubt Commodore could MANUFACTURE the systems you are talking about
for less than $800, let alone sell them profitably at that price.  
Remember than most of the cost of a system is not the cost to make it,
but added costs such as dealer profit margins, quality control and
marketing costs, and profit margins for Commodore themselves.

   A new machine is needed to go mid-way between the Amiga 500 in the
low-end and the Amiga 3000/16 in the high end.  The A2000 is just far
too overpriced and underpowered to fill this role.  Such a machine to
fill this gap should simply be an Amiga 500 with detached keyboard,
30M hard drive, and display enhancer.  No 600Ghz clock speeds, no
32-bit pseudo-RISC processors, no 32-bit color.  Commodore could give
such a machine a list price of $1500, discount it to $1000, and still
make bundles on it. 

>[some mindless mumbling deleted]
>What does everybody
>think?
 
    I think you need to learn a little about economics and marketing.

>   Tom
>
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