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From: ptoper@obelix (Andy Nagy)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: AMIGAstation...
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Date: 18 Feb 91 20:48:59 GMT
References: <1991Feb16.180604.10623@magnus.ircc.ohio-state.edu> <12013@helios.TAMU.EDU> <1991Feb12.053906.10441@magnus.ircc.ohio-state.edu> <1991Feb16.062147.24843@NCoast.ORG>
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In article <1991Feb16.180604.10623@magnus.ircc.ohio-state.edu>,
mitroo@magnus.ircc.ohio-state.edu (Varun Mitroo) writes:
> >In article <1991Feb12.053906.10441@magnus.ircc.ohio-state.edu>
mitroo@magnus.ircc.ohio-state.edu (Varun 
Mitroo) writes:
	[stuff deleted]
> >	Now if they came out with a 500 with an '030 on it, the same RAM
> >expansion, and the video board built in, that might cost less, if you
> 
> You are contradicting yourself.  Why should commodore usea 500 for this?
> Because it is cheaper than the 2000.  But why is it cheaper?  Because it
> has NO SLOTS.  Therefore, slots=money.  Keep in mind this also includes the
> cost for a larger case, bus controller chip, bigger power supply, etc.
> 
> >could get people to buy it. Those wonderfull SparcStations you talk
> >about cost as much as a 3000, which CAN be expanded.
> >
> Sun must have done something right to have such a huge installed base.
> Marketing hype can only go so far.  SPARCstations are at least twice as fast
> as the 3000UX.

	I believe the higher cost of the A2000 is not merely the addition of 
the slots.  You need to take into consideration the cost of a power supply
(that is 3 times the power rating of the A500), a bigger, sturdier case,
a separate 
keyboard etc.  These are not cheap if you want them to be durable and reliable.

> 					  Varun Mitroo
> 					  mitroo@magnus.ircc.ohio-state.edu

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