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From: johns@dworkin.Amber.COM (John Silvia)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Who would buy an Amiga portable??!?
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Date: 29 May 91 23:31:31 GMT
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Tom Limoncelli writes:
I hate to say it, but who would really PURCHASE an Amiga Portable?

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Beats me Tom, but some idiots in Japan are selling PORTABLE X WINDOWS 
terminals that pull 12 mips.  I don't think that there are that many 
Japaneese running around saying "oh, it's too expensive" or "I want a good 
word processor, not that high powered graphic thingy"
 
Please, lets not get idiotic.  I can think of about 10 damn good uses of a 
portable Amiga, and those would work FINE on an LCD.  I do agree that it 
might be a little high-powered for someone in the field to carry one, but if 
you had to carry it, would you complain?

First, STUDENTS can only afford one computer.  If it can go to class, all 
the better.

Second, DTP people who use PageStream because Mac's with any power cost 4 
times plus $$$ could carry this and plug it into ANY HP LJ. (DO THAT WITH 
ANY MAC, it's not cheap!)

Third, on the road, not all computers are used by Suits.  Some people manage 
their sales leads and such with one.  Since most people do this as their 
primary source of work, carrying it with them is a plus.

Fourth, some of us like the Amiga more than the IBM at work, and would like 
to carry it in, to stuff it down their co-workers throats when they claim 
that their 386 is a better deal.  (I showed F-18 to someone, and their mouth 
dropped open, then I remembered to turn on the speakers, so the sonic booms 
are audible!)

Next, anyone who would do work using the Amiga as a CAD/CAM system would 
consider using a portable so that the blueprints can go on site.  (The Amiga 
has some of the best cad software out now, it's not Autocad, and it don't 
cost some $10000)

Sixth, there are times that people have to take projects home, and the Amiga 
would be fine for that, if it was portable.

This can continue, but why bother.  The point is that it doesn't matter if 
there is a niche for a portable Amiga, since the niche that such a tool 
could fill may not even be envisioned by us yet.