Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!cunixf.cc.columbia.edu!cunixb.cc.columbia.edu!es1 From: es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita) Subject: Re: Wake Up Commodore! Message-ID: <1991Mar24.233147.8681@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> Sender: usenet@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (The Network News) Nntp-Posting-Host: cunixb.cc.columbia.edu Reply-To: es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita) Organization: Columbia University References: <1991Mar22.040419.27268@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> Distribution: comp Date: Sun, 24 Mar 91 23:31:47 GMT In article cimshop!davidm@uunet.UU.NET (David S. Masterson) writes: > >Ethan> I certainly don't want the A500 to disappear. But there >Ethan> needs to be some model that is right for those who want a machine >Ethan> usable for real applications (i.e. a hard drive) and minimal >Ethan> expandability, in a well-designed machine. That is what I'm >Ethan> looking for. > >The A500 should be this machine, though! It should meet the most minimum >capabilities and have a low price for the first time buyers. It should also >be readily expandable to this in-between state without forcing the first time >buyer to give up what he already has. But to add these abilities to the A500 will only raise its price. Creating a new machine doesn't make the A500 LESS expandable, it simply gives another mid-end choice for people who are looking for such a machine. These are the people who would otherwise buy a 286 PC clone or a Mac Classic 2/40 or LC. You can currently get a Mac Classic 2/40 (2MB RAM, 40MB HD) on educational discount for $1,150. That is almost impossible to reach with an A500 unless you use a TV. And yes, I know all the comparison issues as to why the Amiga would be better, but yet somehow all those Macs keep selling so fast Apple can't make them fast enough. >-- >==================================================================== >David Masterson Consilium, Inc. >(415) 691-6311 640 Clyde Ct. >uunet!cimshop!davidm Mtn. View, CA 94043 >==================================================================== >"If someone thinks they know what I said, then I didn't say it!" -- Ethan Q: How many Comp Sci majors does it take to change a lightbulb A: None. It's a hardware problem.