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From: foy@aero.ARPA (Richard Foy)
Newsgroups: net.micro.amiga,net.micro.atari,net.micro.mac
Subject: Re: The real debate begins: Atari ST vs Commodore 128
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Date: Thu, 9-Jan-86 14:17:32 EST
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Posted: Thu Jan  9 14:17:32 1986
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In article <330@3comvax.UUCP> mykes@3comvax.UUCP (Mike Schwartz) writes:

>the Mac could very well disappear.  After all, you can't beat the price
>for such comparable machines.  The humor of it all is that Commodore Amiga
>was in a real awkward price position in the market, and now they stand alone
>as the mid-priced REAL Computer (I can't help but think of a $400 computer
>as anything but a TOY - albeit a great toy).

What is it about dropping the price on a machine ( which can do more than
computers selling for many thousands of $ a few years ago) changes it to
a toy?