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- From: bmontgom@morgan.ucs.mun.ca (Byron Montgomerie)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: The March Amiga?
- Date: 22 Jan 1996 19:52:05 GMT
- Organization: Memorial University of Newfoundland
- Message-ID: <4e0pt5$d47@coranto.ucs.mun.ca>
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- George Noel (gnoel@morgan.ucs.mun.ca) wrote:
- : Thus you having to deal with shipping charges, adding to the price of
- : that and then dealing with possible no warranties or no shops locally
- : valuing those warranties.
-
- Compared to what? The amiga is already like that so it is a fair comparison
- between the two. If you want amiga prices jacked up to similar standards you
- will have to wait.
-
- : Getting everything for $1600 or upgrading at $3000 is life for the
- : lowend.. live with it, it is like it with everything.. try getting a loan
-
- The lowend? How about getting everything for $1600 CDN compared to what you get
- for $4000 CDN with the A4000 a machine that still has to be expanded.
-
- : >At $4000 CDN an a4000 is not an option. Even if I had the cash I wouldn't buy
- : >such a thing. Not when I can get a P133 based machine and have $2000 CDN left
- : >over to spend on optional hardware and software upgrades.
-
- : I wouldn't buy one either but neither would I buy the PC, I'd wait. >:->
-
- No shit. :)
-
- : It got nothing to do with proprietary stuff at all.. it has lots to do
- : with the clone business and once Amiga clones become a reality, then you
- : will see prices dropping.
-
- Amiga clones will be PCs running Amigaos.
-
- Regards,
-
- BM
-
-