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- Path: news.primenet.com!krishna
- From: Glenn Saunders <krishna@primenet.com>
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: Amiga Technologies NEWSFLASH
- Date: 1 Jan 1996 21:05:01 -0700
- Organization: Primenet (602)395-1010
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-
- The mortal Rob Healey wrote:
- : This way you raise the cost of the unit so high for the low end
- : home market where Ami is targeted that noone will buy one...
-
- How much do cases cost to build these days in numbers? Like tower or
- desktop cases? How is this a budget buster? It's not the PACKAGING that
- makes slotted Amigas more expensive, it's the added electronics on the
- motherboard to service the slots (or so is my working theory).
-
- : The console format IS the best for the HOME market since it will
- : appeal as a console unit to kids, like dumbtendo and Sega.
-
- Not in america. Console computers don't exist anymore. Kids use their
- parents' "PC". If they want a cheap computer they get a used 486 system
- for $700 or something--case, slots and all, that's the low end these days.
-
- : The all in one unit is best for kid use as they won't lose all the
- : pieces and there are fewer cords to tangle/break.
-
- Case computers aren't that fragile after you install the cards and the
- drives. A1200s are in fact MORE problematic because if you heavily expand
- it with external drives and modems and stuff, it's all hanging out.
-
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