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From: dca@kesmai.COM (David C. Albrecht)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: CEBIT soreheads
Message-ID: <158@kesmai.COM>
Date: 29 Mar 88 22:00:39 GMT
References: <1661@pasteur.Berkeley.Edu> <10182@ulysses.homer.nj.att.com> <8713@g.ms.uky.edu>
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In article <8713@g.ms.uky.edu>, sean@ms.uky.edu (Sean Casey) writes:
> >>So here I am with a computer that has been effectively abandoned hardware-wise
> >>by it's company less than 4 months after I bought it. That sucks.
> >
> No bullshit, bat brain.  Unfortunately, I didn't have $1000. Or was that so
> difficult to figure out?
> 
> >>I will not buy another *Commodore* computer, not because I am mad (and I am),
> >>but because there's nothing to say that they won't do the same exact thing
> >>again.
> >
> Hardware support, noodlehead, hardware support. Most specificially I was
> referring to the announcement of non-interlace chips for the 500 amd 2000,
> but not the 1000.  Even with a 2000-in-1, how am I going to use these chip
> upgrades?
So you should have sold your 1000 and gotten a 500.  You would have had
hardware support (since that is where the greater mass is going to be
anyway) it shouldn't have cost you much money either.  (Cost of new 500
 - money received for 1000) shouldn't be more than $200 max.  The fact is that
the 500 is the current equivalent to the 1000, NOT the 2000.  Personally,
I think upgrading to the currently most popular machine for under $200 is
a bargain.  Pre-announcing products is a great way to go out of business,
ask Mr. Morrow, it would have been terrible business practice for Commodore
to pre-announce the 2000 when they are still only selling 1000s.

 This issue has been beaten to death in this group already.  If you want
 chip level compatibility you should have either upgraded to the 2000
 during the trade in offer or bought a 500 and sold your 1000.  The 1000
 is extensible to use most of the peripherals of the 2000 and is
 essentially software compatible with the 2000 so its still a quite
 useful machine (some people would say more useful than a 500).

 Companies that support their users to the bitter end usually do so by
 screwing them to the wall when they purchase their machine.  The price
 they pay usually is quite well padded to provide for all those support
 services.  Not to mention the price for service etc.  If you want all
 that support maybe you should go spend 1.5 * price of a 500 to get
 a Mac Plus for a machine that part wise probably costs 1/2 as much
 to make.  I seriously doubt, however, you'll be much happier with their
 hardware support as I haven't seen too many MAC II products that plug
 in the Mac Plus.

 David Albrecht