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- From: Paul Chan <paul>
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- Subject: Re: GREAT NEWS!!!!!
- Date: Mon, 15 Jan 1996 17:00:49 GMT
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- wfblan@netcom.com (Wells Fargo Bank) wrote:
- >James McArthur (jamesm@turtle.apana.org.au) wrote:
- >
- >: An 040 for the new low-end Amiga would be great! So its not quite as a
- >: compatible with the older Amiga stuff - what would we really be losing? A
- >: couple of badly written games? A few apps?
- >
- >: And an A1200/040 should function the same as an A1200 + 040 board; after
- >: all, the OS is still the same :-)
- >
- >: How much would people be willing to pay for such a machine?? Would $699
- >: US be too much (or too cheap??) Or about $1750 AUS.
- >
- >
- >Top dollar in the US that I am wiling to pay before tax.
- >
- >
- >A1200+/040 no HD or Surfer pack ----- $650
- >A1200+/040 w/ HD but no Surfer pack - $750
- >A1200+/040 no HD but w/ Surfer pack - $750
- >A1200+/040 w/ HD and Surfer pack ---- $850
- >
- >However, if they do any marketing of this machine w/ the Surfer pack,
- >especially if one of the motherboard updates is a fast serial port, I
- >would say for them to try to market it at $650 or so and still under
- >$700 for the full system with HD and Surfer pack. Since a portion of
- >the cost is due to it going to dealers... If they can sell these on
- >QVC at these prices, they will still make their profit, and get many
- >machines into the market, which will also benefit dealers who will be
- >there to give support and sell other software and hardware, etc. It
- >would be a great system for primarily World Wide Web access, and for
- >$700 for all that you get, many would sell. Many keep throwing the
- >comment to AT, "Are you hearing this, or aware that the Surfer bundle
- >will sell well in the US?", but with no response. We can only hope.
-
- I would say, forget the external modem, add in a DSP and emulate a modem,
- ultimately cooler, and ultimate cheaper too, I`d bet. IMHO, AT are too
- concerned with not spending too much money, so if they take that attitude,
- they`ll never get inspirational sales from a slightly tweaked and possibly
- overpriced A1200Plus
-
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