Xref: utzoo comp.sys.amiga.advocacy:3298 comp.sys.amiga.hardware:9602 comp.sys.amiga.misc:4027 comp.sys.amiga.marketplace:1431 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!think.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!dimacs.rutgers.edu!aramis.rutgers.edu!paul.rutgers.edu!njin!limonce From: limonce@pilot.njin.net (Tom Limoncelli +1 201 408 5389) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy,comp.sys.amiga.hardware,comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.marketplace Subject: Re: Amiga portable Summary: I hate when people cross-post to many, many, many newsgroups and not the ONE that it should be posted to. I think news posting software should be modified to limit cross-posting or at least require that if it is cross-posted to >2 groups, a Followup-To l Keywords: Need a portable? Get a PC and a serial cable. Message-ID: Date: 29 May 91 02:09:28 GMT References: <2468@cluster.cs.su.oz.au> Followup-To: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Organization: Drew University - Madison NJ Lines: 26 [ Followup-To has been set to comp.sys.amiga.advocacy where IMHO this discussion belongs. ] I hate to say it, but who would really PURCHASE an Amiga Portable? The price would be more than an Amiga 500, so forget that market. That market wouldn't want to play games on an LCD display anyway. The price would be more than an Amiga 2000, so maybe that market would have a chance, but at that price the person could buy an Amiga 2500 or 3000. 80% of those sales are in video or graphics production. Who would want to do either of those on an LCD? What are portables good for? So far, they are good for meat-and-potato applications (word processing mostly) and off-site data-entry (sales people et al) which are best done on cheap portable PC clones. If your main application is on the Amiga, there is no reason that you can't do data entry or text processing (initial text entry) on a cheap portable PC clone and upload it to the Amiga for processing, formatting, printing, etc. Just MHO, Tom -- Tom Limoncelli tlimonce@drew.edu tlimonce@drew.bitnet 201-408-5389 "People in tight pants, moving fast."