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- From: SA9418@IDA.UTB.HB.SE (Martin Caspersson)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: Future Amiga cases
- Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1996 14:18:18 GMT
- Organization: Dep. of Computer Sience and Business Administration
- Message-ID: <4d35ds$sue@nyheter.chalmers.se>
- References: <1996Jan10.113117@nickel.laurentian.ca>
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- s2200155@nickel.laurentian.ca wrote:
-
- > If producing one piece machines like the A1200 offers so much advantages
- >in cost of shipping, production, pakaging/shipping, power supplies etc.. Why
- >don't we see one piece PC's and Macs(not including integrated monitors). Even
- >the cheapest PC clones come with detached keyboards. Here in Canada late last
- >year a major electronic chain was clearing all it's low end 486(33-66 mhz) clone
- > PC's starting at $500 depending on configuration. They all came in tower or
- >desktop cases. Any PC clone company would love the chance to lower cost on their
- > competion an they still do not produce one piece boxes. I remember Tandy making
- > a one piece PC XT in the early eighties may be that is why PC companies stay
- >clear of the idea now.
-
- The thing with PC's are that you need a lot of extra card's to get
- what the Amiga has on the motherboard (ie. Sound cards, serial cards
- etc.). This just wouldn't fit in an one piece case and that's why
- there are no one piece PC's.
-
- I too want to get rid of the one piece on the Amiga just for the
- above reason.
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