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- From: Paul Chan <paul>
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- Subject: Re: The March Amiga?
- Date: Thu, 01 Feb 1996 14:33:08 GMT
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- gnoel@morgan.ucs.mun.ca (George Noel) wrote:
-
- >>The A1200Plus will be put out at a price about equal to the A1200 Surefr Pack,
- >>IMHO. 700 US dollars. Unless:
- >
- >In my opinion, that's not so bad for a starter price, in which when
- >production rises, the price will fall.
-
- A very sensible notion. But we haven`t seen the price drop yet.
-
- >
- >>then there will be little to gain from buying an A1200Plus vs buying an A1200
- >>and beefing that up. IMHO, AT won`t change their price structure and we`ll be
- >
- >I am sure it would be cheaper then upgrading an A1200.
-
- My concern is expandability. Will the A1200Plus be an A1200 with extra bits on
- the motherboard? If so, then I wouldn`t buy it. The gfx are far too slow for
- serious work in 256 colours.
-
- I`d rather have some capacity for improved hardware (either onboard already or
- via a ZorroIII slot.
-
- >
- >>The A1200(+) might well be much better than the A1200. But unless the
- >price tah is >reasonable then I don`t see mass success for it... or AT...
- >
- >Let's wait and see how it is priced.. it is only a couple of more months.
-
-
- I suppose I`ll have to wait and see ;) - See you all back in March/April and
- we`ll see who deserves to bitch ;)
-
- >
- >>LOW END? Cosing 700US dollars == 700Uk pounds == 1100DM - this is no loinger
- >>low end. It`s getting on for mid-range. And a well kitted out 486 bundle could
- >>match the surfer at that price very shortly if not already...
- >
- >Perhaps their intentions IS a mid-ranged computer that everyone seems to
- >want. I know I would still go for it over the stock A1200. I think they
- >will keep the stock A1200 on as the lowend offering the Q-drive to bring
- >it up to the level of the A1200+ (Which more then likely has a CD-ROM
- >drive standard). Once the Chinese manufacturer gets tooled up you will
- >see mass quantities of Amigas thus lowering all their prices. Espect the
- >A1200 price to fall.
-
- I would assume that to be a sensible course of action. Assuming that they can
- get their price structure right. The A1200Plus would also have to be closer to
- the A4000 in design than the A1200. Not only do they need to get a slot in for
- th PPC add-on, I`d like to see some capacity for expanded gfx (as I mentioned
- before). A few internal drive bays (for HDs, floppy, and CD drives), and some
- improved sound. I know it`s all been said before, most people will be bored of
- this, but the A1200Plus needs to be a big-box of some kind.
-
- >
- >>I am not going after the A1200 as a pile of crap. I would be very pleased to
- >>evangelise the A1200 - with ALL it`s niggles and faults, if it`s PRICE was
- >>LOWER. 299UK pounds or lower would have been acceptable. 199-249 would have
- >>been great. But 399UK pounds is beyond sense, and I would point out a potential
- >
- >I guess people's opinion in price differs. If 399UK = $399 US, I would
- >have gotten one had they been available.
-
- That`s all fair enough. Clearly we differ in opinion. The problem is, many
- people in the UK seem to have agreed with my opinion of the A1200 being
- overpriced. Were A1200`s 299 US dollars in the US for upwards of a year before
- C= sank?
-
- >
- >>computer buyer`s entire range of options (including PC and Mac) according to
- >>their budget and needs, before rabidly droning "buy an Amiga it`s great".
- >>
- >>Because at 399 UK pounds, the A1200 IS NOT GREAT.
- >
- >It will lower.
-
- I hope it does, but moreover, I hope AT have got the A1200Plus right.
-
-