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From: tim@ism780c.UUCP (Tim Smith)
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Subject: Re: New Atari Toy Computer
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In article <374@3comvax.UUCP> mykes@3comvax.UUCP (Mike Schwartz) writes:
>
>IBM and Atari and Apple do not have Jay Miner, I rest my case.  IBM or Apple
>might be able to do a quick and dirty imitation of the Amiga at a huge
>cost, but they won't until they feel the pressure of large Amiga quantities
>in their market.
>
Are you claiming Jay Miner is the only competent engineer in the computer
biz?  If so, I think you are resting more than your case! :-)

I was not suggesting that IBM or Apple would do a quick and dirty Amiga
imitation if the Amiga starts to hurt their sales.  I was suggesting
that they already are working on machines that are as state of the
art as Amiga.

Take the case of IBM.  They ( at least this is what I have heard, it
may be totally wrong ) spend lots of money on keeping up with the
leading edge of technology.  For example, IBM did one of the very
early RISC machines, yet it was only this week that they announced
a RISC based product.  Similarly, it is almost certain that they
already have all the technology to do an Amiga class machine.  To
actually market such a machine would not be a quick and dirty job,
it would simply be a matter of putting some stuff they already have
in one box and selling it.

Heck, even Mattel was close to having an Amiga type computer before they
got out of computers ( the machine that would have come after the
Intellevision III was going to be 68k based, and have graphics
and sound capabilities similar to those of the Amiga ).

>If you have $2000 to spend, ae you going to shop at K-Mart or a computer
>store?  You might educate yourself first, then go to the Computer store
>(why do I have the feeling I will see flames about this?)
>
I would allocated about $100 of the $2000 to go to the local magazine
shop, and get a lot of computer magazines.  If I found a machine that
met my needs, and sold for a lot less than the other machines that
meet my needs, I would start to look for it.

It might not occur to me to go to K-Mart and look for it, so I might end
up purchasing the expensive machine from a computer store.  But if I
became aware of the K-Mart machine, I would go and buy it there.  I see
no reason to become stupid just because I have $1900 in my pocket :-).

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