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- Path: clri6a.gsi.de!kraemer
- From: kraemer@clri6a.gsi.de (Michael Kraemer)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: High-end Amiga PRICES, PowerPC
- Date: 26 Jan 1996 16:58:32 GMT
- Organization: Technische Hochschule Darmstadt
- Message-ID: <4eb17o$ha9@rs18.hrz.th-darmstadt.de>
- References: <4dvo25$jdv@marton.hsr.no>
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- In article <4dvo25$jdv@marton.hsr.no>, hein@hsr.no (Hein Meling) writes:
- > I was wondering if anyone at Escom (Commodore Tec.) have said anything
- > about PowerAmiga PRICING? Will they compare to PowerMac or Pentium based PC's?
- >
- > I think the prices on the A4000T is outragous?
- >
- > These are DataKompaniet's prices (Norway):
- > Amiga 4000T, 25 MHz 040, Tower, 3.1, 6 MB RAM (max 18) 18650 (NOK)
- > Amiga 4000T, 50 MHz 060, Tower, 3.1, 6 MB RAM (max 146) 21800 (NOK)
- > These also contain a 1,2GB HD and a lot of software.
- >
- > You can also buy a Pentium machine in Norway for less than 12000 (NOK) with
- > the following configuration:
- > P75MHz, 8MB RAM, 850MB HD, CD-ROM, Sound Card, Graphics Card and Monitor.
- >
- > I have may Amiga friends who is considering other platforms because the High-end
- > Amigas are to expensive. (including myself)
- >
- > I would appreciate if for example Peter Kintel (?) or some other Commodore tech
- > employee could present a followup to my questions!
-
- Of course the A4000 is a wee bit expensive. On the other hand the 586 you
- mention doesn't impress me at all. With 8MB you can't do much beyond
- booting those bloated PC OSs. The monitor is probably a cheap crap 14".
- HD and CD are probably the cheapest crap IDE drives instead of expandable SCSI.
- And don't forget: according to a recent report in a german PC mag even
- brand name PCs (Compaq et al) have a failure rate of 40% within the first
- 6 months, ESCOM (!) PCs even 60% ! Mostly monitor or HD. I find this incredible !
- My A3000 I bought 3 years ago was DM 4000,- ($2700) and I never ever had any
- trouble with it although I use it nearly daily.
- It's the most stable computer I've seen in my 15 years computer experience,
- apart maybe from IBM mainframes.
-
- A computer that doesn't work isn't cheap. It steals the most valuable thing
- I have: my own time. You can get back money, but you can't get back lost time.
- I find it pretty annoying crawling through hotlines or waiting weeks for repair.
-