Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!batcomputer!alchemy!judge Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Subject: Re: Anyone actually own an 040 Amiga? From: judge@alchemy.tcnet.ithaca.ny.us (rory toma) Message-ID: References: <1991May13.190307.4383@wam.umd.edu> Date: Tue, 14 May 91 13:41:12 EDT Organization: Alchemy International, Ithaca, N.Y. ddev@wam.umd.edu (Don DeVoe) writes: > In article <1991May13.113026@alamo.Berkeley.EDU> ipolyi@alamo.Berkeley.EDU (H > >melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger) writes: > >>es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita) writes: > >|> > >|> So, what do you think a $5000 computer that runs at 15 mips with a 17" > >|> display will be worth in 3 years? > > > >I know, you didn't ask me, but I think you'll be lucky to get even > >$1000.- > > > >Conversly, the C=64 I bought 6-7 years ago for $395.- is now worth > >between $1150.- to $1500.- > >The Amiga1000 I bought when it came out for $1500.- would be worth the > >same if I were brain-dead enough to want to sell it. > > You are joking, right? You'd be lucky to get $350 for your A1000 now (in fact > if you are in the market, I'll sell you mine at that price)...as for > the C64, I'll sell you one REAL cheap. You should be able to make a tidy > profit by selling it at the price you quoted! > > I must have missed something...this WAS a joke, right? (Or perhaps an > intentional jab from a NeXT owner trying to make amiga owners look silly?) In fact, it IS NOT a joke. Commodore's new Power Up program lets you get from between $1150-$1500 off of a new 3000. And you don't have to give up the machine, either. So, in effect, you get more. Even thatVic 20 is worth over a grand. The moneyyou save can enable you to buy an '040 board. BTW, a company in Canada will be shipping '040 boards in 6-8 weeks for the 2000. I would imagine that the 3000 ones from C= or GVP will be out soon. rory