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Subject: Re: Amiga's Enemy: Another View
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Date: Mon, 25-May-87 22:15:27 EDT
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Posted: Mon May 25 22:15:27 1987
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> In article <#?whatever#?> lachac@topaz.rutgers.edu (Gerard Lachac) writes:
>
>  >Sidecar was supposedly listed for ~$900.
>
>  WHAT A JOKE!  I can't think of any reason at all people won't say 
>  "Gee, that's nice, but I can buy a PC clone for $600..."  can you?  Nine
>  hundred bucks?  I wonder how many they'll sell?

This rumor was apparently confirmed at last week's BCS Amiga User's
group meeting in Cambridge, MA.  Andy Bell stated that the Sidecar
will be priced "close to $1000".  Reason:  to not undercut the Amiga
2000.  The New England distributorship, at least, will be offering a
deal where you can trade-in your A1000 for an A2000 plus about $1000.
That's what Andy Bell advocated.  He also stated that it wouldn't
surprise him if the Sidecar had a "limited production run."

I don't understand Commodore's reasoning.  IBM PC compatibility won't
save the Amiga; it wasn't what saved the Mac from oblivion either.
The only other advantage of the A2000 is that it has more memory and
drives onboard rather than having to buy a separate expansion box.
But does that justify the price differential between an A2000 and an
A500, especially as more expansion boxes become available at lower
prices?



Steven Litvintchouk
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