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- From: peterk@combo.ganesha.com (Dr. Peter Kittel)
- Subject: Re: The March Amiga?
- Distribution: world
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
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- References: <19951231.793C7C0.15220@obscurity.pd.mcs.net>
- Message-ID: <peterk.0jt3@combo.ganesha.com>
- Date: 3 Jan 96 22:42:50 MEZ
- Organization: Private Site
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- In article <19951231.793C7C0.15220@obscurity.pd.mcs.net> ejszul@obscurity.pd.mcs.net (Eric Szulczewski) writes:
- >In a message dated 12-29-95 10-27 Randy Vice writes:
- >
- >RV> Low end systems are suppost to be cheap so us po' folks can afford it. I
- >RV> just wish they would produce a *cheap* tower kit for it......
- >
- >So why not a pizza box?
-
- Sigh. Because it adds *much* more to the price than everyone here dreams
- obviously! Wake up.
-
- >RV> Color isn't going to stop to many of us from upgrading, now is it? Since
- >RV> this is intended for a home system, what color are most household's walls?
- >RV> Neon Green isn't going to cut it.
- >
- >Look, if I can get away from the industrial beige in my apartment to a
- >nice royal blue, I'd do it in an instant. Color machines (other than
- >beige) are a great selling point right now. Ask Acer.
-
- There were already many attempts for colored computer cases in the
- last 10 years. Commdore was among them with a special series of
- pop design A500's. They did not shatter the world. Neither did the
- T-Bird from Aquarius or some PCs from Peacock with wood design and
- other funny attempts. Oh, and don't forget: CDTV was black, CD32
- grey, and it didn't bosst sales either.
-
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- Best Regards, Dr. Peter Kittel // Visit http://www.amiga.de
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- In memoriam Konrad Zuse
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