Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!samsung!spool.mu.edu!munnari.oz.au!metro!grivel!gara!jbell From: jbell@gara.une.oz.au (Khyron) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Subject: Re: Silly Complaints (Re: Wake Up Commodore) Message-ID: <5773@gara.une.oz.au> Date: 25 Mar 91 13:12:33 GMT References: Organization: University of New England, Armidale, Australia Lines: 50 From article , by mykes@sega0.SF-Bay.ORG (Mike Schwartz): > In article roger_earl@outbound.wimsey.bc.ca (Roger Earl) writes: >>mykes@sega0.SF-Bay.ORG writes.... >>>the vast majority of machines are 512K Amiga 500's still, so why aren't >>>people upgrading to 1 Meg? >> >>Hmmm, I don't know what its like where you live, but I know a lot of Amiga 500 >>owners, and I've never met one that has only 512K. Everyone has at least 1 >>Meg. At $50-$100 its the first thing people buy for their A500. My >>complaint is that software is still being limited to 512K for people who >>don't exist. > > Only 10% (200,000) Amigas exist here in America. I have no doubt that many of > these are at least 1Meg and have hard disks. On the other hand, market research > shows that the other 90% of the machines are 512K Amiga 500's in Europe. Maybe > someone from Europe can explain why? > Just think there are still C=64 users over there that use datasetes. -- jbell@gara.une.oz.au | Justin Bell | 2 Gill st Uni of New England | Moonbi nsw 2353 -Armidale | AUSTRALIA