Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!maytag!xenitec!lemsys!clemon From: clemon@lemsys.UUCP (Craig Lemon) Message-ID: Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc Subject: Re: Amiga portable Distribution: world References: <2468@cluster.cs.su.oz.au> Date: 31 May 91 18:15:51 EDT Organization: Not an Organization In article limonce@pilot.njin.net (Tom Limoncelli +1 201 408 5389) writes: >[ 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? > I not disagreeing that the portable market may be a limited one, but remember : nobody said the video port would not be present on the portable. All of the notable PC portables a VGA (some SVGA) video with 15 pin connectors on the side for a real monitor at home, along with printer ports, serial ports (or built in modems) and power connections for using at home. Why limit the Amiga portable to LCD - there's no need. -- Craig Lemon - Kitchener, Ontario. Amiga B2000 UUCPv1.13D. clemon@lemsys.UUCP lemsys!clemon@xenitec.on.ca | Please Mail any binaries xenitec!lemsys!clemon@watmath.uwaterloo.edu | to 'files' at this site ..!uunet!watmath!xenitec!lemsys!clemon | instead of 'clemon'