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From: bell@unc.cs.unc.edu (Andrew Bell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Laptop Amiga
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Date: 8 Sep 88 20:35:34 GMT
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[Hundreds if not thousands of $ were here to pay USENET, but... <MUNCH>]

In article <3229@tekig5.PEN.TEK.COM> wayneck@tekig5.PEN.TEK.COM (Wayne Knapp) writes:
>In article <4045@thorin.cs.unc.edu>, bell@unc.cs.unc.edu (Andrew Bell) writes:
Me>In article <3210@tekig5.PEN.TEK.COM> wayneck@tekig5.PEN.TEK.COM (Wayne Knapp) writes:
WK>What I want is a Laptop Amiga
Me>
WK>2. CPU - since we have a power cord give us the fastest 68020 or 68030
WK>that can be put in. [...]
Me>No,  keep it cheap.  What do you need a super laptop for?  If you need that
Me>much power,  put it on your desk where it doesn't require expensive
Me>miniaturizing/cooling.
>
>I talking sports car here, not a VW bug.  Anyway I already have a Amiga 1000,
>a Mac, an Atari 1040, and soon a PC clone -- I don't have room for a B2000.
>When I go an a trip, I'll only take one computer with me, so I want a powerful
>one.  Price isn't the problem, if the computer is good enough I can find the
>money.

However,  price is an issue for most folk.  Admittedly,  price hasn't made the
Amiga the hottest thing on the market,  but it can certainly help.  Notice
what the intro offers for the 500 and 2000 did to Amiga sales.

A sports car version would be nice too,  but a honda with room for a V8 will
probably sell better.  Best to get the honda out first,  and then the ferarri.
 
WK>6. Price $4500 in stores, $1500 to college students.

If you're going to sell a new machine to folks,  without IBM or Apple as sales
incentives,  either you need good pricing or revolutionary technology.
Revolutionary technology costs bucks.  I'm not sure what price you can get an
analog LCD color monitor with 704x464 resolution;  my guess is it isn't cheap.
Anybody know?

Sorry about the remark about college students.  I agree,  give college students
the best price you can,  but part of this is allowing them to buy less than
the top-of-the-line stuff.  Jane college student generally buys her computer
to do word-processing on primarily,  which is why the WYSIWYG Mac programs sell
the machine to collegiates so well.  You can do that as easily with a 68000
as with a 68020/30,  without the higher cost of the fast chip and fast memory.

You can also borrow more from the 500/1000/2000 if you start slower.

>                                   Wayne Knapp

Any comments,  Dale?

     -Andrew Bell
The schizophrenic grad student
acb@cs.duke.edu
bell@cs.unc.edu