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- From: colonel@shell02.ozemail.com.au (Marco Spaccavento)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: Future Amiga cases
- Date: 12 Jan 1996 07:26:43 GMT
- Organization: OzEmail Pty Ltd - Australia
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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.
-
- I think it might have something to do with the fact that PCs need all
- those slots for sound cards, graphics cards, video cards etc. and there
- wound probably not be room for it in an A1200 (or A500) sized case).
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