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From: MBS110@psuvm.psu.edu (That neat guy, Mark Sachs)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: An interesting idea...
Message-ID: <91135.004344MBS110@psuvm.psu.edu>
Date: 15 May 91 04:43:44 GMT
Article-I.D.: psuvm.91135.004344MBS110
References: <rbaGn&?=1@cs.psu.edu> <1991May7.235145.12420@sbcs.sunysb.edu>
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In article <a&8Hyun2@cs.psu.edu>, melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger) says:
>
>In article <1991May12.190706.28411@sbcs.sunysb.edu>
>dtiberio@eeserv1.ic.sunysb.edu (David Tiberio) writes:
>
>     Well, I was commenting that unless nExt makes its own chips, every other
>   computer will be getting chips from Motorola. You know, the company that
>   makes the CPU for the Mac, Amiga, nExt, Atari, Genesis...
>
>Let's see how well Apple, Atari, and Commodore make the transition to
>the 88K, or any other chip.
>
>     And that is only if the computers have expansion slots.
>
>You aren't going to be able to just drop an 88K in a computer.  You
>will need a redesigned CPU board.  An expandable NeXT costs $2000 more
>than the NeXTstation.  If you don't need the expansion, it's
>better(IMHO) to buy the NeXTstation and sell it when you want a bigger
>and better machine.  For college students, the extra price to get the
>Cube is almost another NeXTstation minus the monitor.

I see, I see. So: Joe College buys a $3500 Slab. A few years down the
pike he discovers he needs the spiffy new $4000 Boulder. He sells the
Slab for $1500 and buys the Boulder. Total cost: $6000. Or alternatively,
he buys the $5500 Cube and adds the $1000 Boulder Expansion three years
later, total cost $6500.

Well, I see your point. Either way, NeXT has made a hell of a lot of money
off Joe College, who could have bought a $3000 A3000, and then expanded
it three years later for another $1000, total cost $4000. Yes, when the
machine prices are as outrageous as NeXT's it does make more sense to
junk the old one and buy a new one.

Incidentally I think this is somewhat hypothetical... Sales of Amiga 500s
and 2000s to college students will vastly overwhelm A3000 and Slab sales
combined, because really, how many college freshmen have $3000 to drop
on a computer no matter how fast it is? My $500 A500 suits me fine... and
I'd still rather have it than a NeXT, so there. Nyah. :)

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