Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!crdgw1!uunet!vtserf!morpheus!frank From: frank@morpheus.UUCP (Frank McPherson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics Subject: Re: Burn MACWorld... BURN! Message-ID: Date: 20 Apr 91 18:04:47 GMT References: <1991Apr18.145736.10717@javelin.sim.es.com> <0gyN19w164w@graphics.rent.com> <1991Apr19.214915.1687@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> Organization: Virginia Polytechnic Institute Lines: 25 In article <1991Apr19.214915.1687@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> jsibley@magnus.ircc.ohio-state.edu (James Sibley) writes: >> >>> Ok, a Toaster for $1400, an A2000 for $1600 (WAG at an OEM price), >>> that's still a $1000 pure profit on the "stand alone" Toaster. :-) > > And besides, Mac users are used to paying inflated prices for what they buy. >So, who's the wiser?? NewTek. A mainly Amiga related company. No harm done >to the Amiga community by taking some extra cash out of Mac users pockets. I >do think it is a bad idea for Commodore to give in so easily to scrapping the >Amiga for parts.. :^} > >-- > James Sibley Nous Sommes Du Soleil -- I tend to agree with the idea that Newtek is simply acting as a VAR, providing a service for customers who don't want to worry about implementation; they just want a tool to do the job. It's not as if NewTek is breaking new ground by doing this; there is, in some cases, more of a market for an integrated solution than there is for a computer setup which the customer must peice together. It's nicer to buy it all in one place. -- Frank McPherson INTERNET : emcphers@fox.cs.vt.edu -- -- AmigaUUCP : uunet!vtserf!morpheus!frank --