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- From: bmontgom@morgan.ucs.mun.ca (Byron Montgomerie)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: The March Amigans?
- Date: 4 Jan 1996 16:47:44 GMT
- Organization: Memorial University of Newfoundland
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- Martin Leslie Baker (mlb@rekab.demon.co.uk) wrote:
- : I agree that the demand for A4k probably outweighs AT's ability to supply
- : at the moment, so they put the price artificially high and make some money.
- : I think if we are honest Escom paid _well_ over the odds for the remants of
- : C= anyway.
-
- Sure.
-
- : I disagree in principal that the A4k is high. For that price you should be
- : getting an 060 @ 50 MHz at least, 1 Gig HD, Quad Speed CD-ROM, some form of
- : removable media for backups, a decent gfx card, and A MONITOR.
-
- Make that 4 Gig HD, 17" SVGA monitor with aga fixer, 32 bit graphics card, new
- fangled magneto-optical removeable media device, 32 bit soundcard, and probably
- two of those 060's. :)
-
- Here, an a4000 costs $4000 CDN, you would run out of things to possibly buy for
- a P133 based PC for that price.
-
- : It can compete as an internet solution for the home. It can (and probably
- : will) be developed into a set top box. It can and should be THE home
- : computer. It can be sold as a PPC workstation. All of these "can dos" are
- : dependent on AT and ESCOM though, they have to offer the right kit at the
- : right price.
-
- In '97 the planned PPC chip (604?) won't really make a workstation as such,
- just a desktop. And nothing else matters if the price is not right. At least
- here in NA.
-
- : : People who _need_ their computers to do what they do will find the money
- : : somehow. The more Escom can sell to them, the better off the rest of us
- : : cheapskates :) will be.
-
- The people who NEED Amigas rather than Pentium machines is limited. Most
- if not all people who need a computer will buy a PC.
-
- : Yes agreed, but the Amiga is capable of so much more than it's doing at the
- : moment. Amiga now shold be competing against the PowerMac. People who
- : _need_ more powerful Amigas are leaving to PowerMac and top flight Pentiums
- : etc, because in reality Amiga has lost it's advantage in the high end PC
-
- Competing with the Mac (PowerMac especially) is not really an impressive
- target considering their dwindling market share.
-
- : market. The other platforms have had nearly 5 years to catch up, and
- : surpass the Amiga.
-
- And they will have another 18 months (Best guess of what '97 means) until the
- PPC amiga shows up.
-
- Regards,
-
- BM
-