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- From: charlet@hubcap.clemson.edu (Charles E Taylor IV)
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- Subject: Re: Why not Wal-Mart or Sears!!!
- Date: 30 Jan 1996 01:26:46 GMT
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- In article <wfblanDLyrqq.F9o@netcom.com> wfblan@netcom.com (Wells Fargo Bank) writes:
-
- :This is a very valid point. Many can't afford to get the bang that a $1250
- :dollar buck can give, but can be very happy with the lesser but still very
- :acceptable bang of a $500 dollar buck.
-
- ... and those people buy PC's on clearance. :)
-
- :What planet do you live on? (flame suit on) There are hundreds if not
- :thousands of software titles on the Amiga.
-
- How many of those titles you mention are 512K WB1.2 games that only run on
- unexpanded A500s? :) Seriously, I'm talking about commercial programs like
- you'd find in Wal-Mart to sit alongside this $500 (no way in hell they'll
- make that price point with a usable box AND make money) machine. They'll
- also need to advertise to make people aware of this new box *and* explain
- why Johnny's parents should buy this now and not save their pennies to run
- the stuff everyone else is.
-
- : Not to mention that the A1200
- :has the ability (with a small amount of 32-bit memory expansion) to emulate
- :the Macintosh which would open up another whole realm of software.
-
- To be a good selling point, this would require the bundling of shapeshifter
- AND the Mac OS (does SS require the Mac ROM as well?) with the Amiga AND to
- make the whole package fall at this $500 price point.
-
- : Many
- :schools use Macs, and so this would be a great compromise over a more
- :expensive Mac. The Amiga is there.
-
- The *AMIGA* is *NOT* there.
-
- : I feel that the A1200+/A1300 would be
- :exactly what little Johnnys parents would want and get their moneys worth
- :from.
-
- You think this can be delivered at $500 MSRP? Seriously?
-
-
- :While it is true that the Amiga is in need of certain types of native apps
- :and the like, there are plenty of software packages available. As cross-
- :platfrom support (for MS Word, Excel, Lotus, etc) is incorportated into
- :existing native Amiga apps, the cry for needed software wil subside by a
- :large margin, and this is already slowly happening with later releases of
- :some of the better known and used Amiga Word Processors, etc.
-
- So this A1200 is to also come with a high-density drive to facilitate
- support of other platforms' formats ... more cost.
-
- :Knowing that Windows exists, and knowing anything productive about it are
- :two different things.
-
- That doesn't really matter much. They've seen it on TV ... it's more
- familiar and given the choice between an even shadily-known "known" and a
- total "unknown", you know what people will buy? :)
-
- : They can also comes to know 'about' the Amiga and
- :Amiga OS, and then Windows won't have that edge.
-
- And to do that AT must advertise, and they must do it quickly. I've seen
- lots of ads for other platforms ... still no Amiga ads since C='s
- misbegotten "Stevie" ads.
-
- : It would then be a matter
- :of personal preference, and convenienve of use that would make the consumers
- :choice... oh, and the price range. A low end A1200+ could easily be more
- :appealing to many over Windows.
-
- I don't think that a $500 A1200 with sufficient horsepower to do all the
- things you claim to be "advantages" can be made. If AT suceeds with this,
- I'll happily eat my words, of course. But I doubt it. (...and I somehow
- don't think this is in AT's plans anyway...)
-
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