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From: elg@elgamy.RAIDERNET.COM (Eric Lee Green)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: amiga users future...
Message-ID: <00675487854@elgamy.RAIDERNET.COM>
Date: 29 May 91 03:30:54 GMT
References: <1991May27.210910.24220@cdc835.cdc.polimi.it>
Organization: Eric's Amiga 2000 @ Home
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From article <1991May27.210910.24220@cdc835.cdc.polimi.it>, by ele9056@cdc835.cdc.polimi.it (Alberto Schiavon):
> What does commodore expect we to do when  (if the rumours I heard R true it
> will happen within the current year...) the A2000 will not be produced ?
>
> and what do they think to sell? only A500 & A3000? or (more realistic)
> do they think to sell only PC?

Hmm. One possibility: Commodore will lower the price of
the Amiga 3000/16 (the "crippled" version) to be about the same
as the current Amiga 2000HD. Then why would anybody have a reason
to buy a 2000HD?

Another possibility: Commodore will come out with a "Commodore 1500", which
will be the 2000 with the 3000 enhancements (hd controller on motherboard,
flickerfixer on motherboard) and the in-line video slot a'la A3000 (for a
common video-slot architecture across their high-end computers), and no
Bridgeboard slots, all in a smaller sleeker case. One common complaint
about the A2000 is that the case design is just plain UGLY, and much too
big for the common desktop.

In that scenario, the A3000T (tower-case version) would be the
mega-expandable system, rather than the A2000.

Another possibility: Commodore will retain the current A2000, but put it
through the design wringer to cost-reduce it some more, with maybe some
new casework to make it look more attractive. Unfortunately, the machine is
just plain expensive to build in its current configuration... the power
supply, for one thing, is a killer (due to all those slots and floppy drive
bays).

Last possibility: Commodore will continue selling the Amiga 2000 as-is
until it stops selling anymore. (Which may be soon, if you look at the
number of "A2000 for sale" ads on the net). This is what they did with the
Amiga 1000, so history may repeat itself.

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