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- From: mdaymon@rainbow.rmii.com (Maxwell Daymon)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: A4000 HD Drive, FORGET IT!
- Date: 8 Jan 1996 06:22:36 GMT
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- Stefano Agostinelli (agos001@pn.itnet.it) wrote:
- : Maxwell Daymon wrote in comp.sys.amiga.misc about "A4000 HD Drive, FORGET IT!":
- : > need to be in last place again. With a deal from Iomega, the Zip drive
- : > needn't even cost that much more
- : ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
- : Uhm including ZIP as standard would be a good thing, but face reality it
- : would increase price considerably:i.e. it's a practicable solution only
- : for mid-high end machines, not for A1200 type ones.
-
- I consider at least a small hard drive as needed these days (didn't I say
- this). As such, the Zip would replace BOTH the floppy and built in 40 or
- 80MB hard drive they'd probably put in. In this case, it would cost MUCH
- less than putting in BOTH a floppy and hard drive. I don't see the floppy
- only Amiga winning out to the current game systems - people who would have
- considered that Amiga are probably going with the Saturn, Playstation, or
- U64. As such, The Zip would appeal to low end users interested in
- *computing* tasks too (a little letter writing, painting, etc.)
-
- End-user price is only $159 for an internal Zip, I imagine AT would
- strike a very handsome deal if they bundled it with every machine.
-
- : > It'll never happen, I know. Apple will probably lead the way, followed by the
- : > clones, followed by Amiga... Oh well. It was fun while it lasted.
-
- : Sure Apple will lead maybe in 1998 with Copland release :)
-
- Actually, I say this because PowerWave machines from Power Computing
- already come with the $159 Zip option, but if it were in EVERY Amiga -
- then the Amiga would lead. They still have a chance.
-