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- From: mart4372@mach1.wlu.ca (Reg Martin)
- Subject: Re: New Press Release!
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- Organization: Wilfrid Laurier University
- Date: Sat, 9 Mar 1996 19:11:59 GMT
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- Robert Goodlett (goody@eskimo.com) wrote:
- : In article <DnyHAJ.GD8@info.uucp>, Reg Martin <mart4372@mach1.wlu.ca> wrote:
- : >Jason Neus wrote:
- : >: OK, lets think about the 68EC030 for a minute. What if this computer
- : >: came standard with and '060 for, let say, $500 more. How many of you same
- : >: people would be bitching about the price?
- : >
- : >Uh. I certainly would. $500 more?? That seems pretty outrageous. I
- : >don't know exact prices of the 060, but I sincerely doubt that they are
- : >$500 more than an 030/40 in quantity. Presumably this "new" computer
- : >is going to be way overpriced anyways though no matter how much horsepower
- : >its got. (Judging by the phenomenal prices of the 4000T and 1200).
- : >What I don't understand is why they aren't going to offer this model with
- : >a variety of processors. Why not give the option of the 030, 040, or 060?
- :
- : AT cannot afford to close whats left of the hardware development for the
- : Amiga. Phase5 would not like it if it had to go out of business. At
- : wouldn't like it either. the Amiga needs more support from third party
- : companies.
- : ie. Dont drive off the ones that are still here.
-
- I don't think I said anything about AT closing their hardware development,
- or driving off 3rd party Amiga developers. I'm all for supporting AT
- and Amiga developers, but I'm not going to tell a friend that they
- should go out and buy an A1300 (call it what you want) type machine, when
- they could get loaded Pentium system for half the price... I'm happy
- to support a company that can provide good products, but why would I
- throw money at a company just so that they can turn around and throw
- me shit?
-
- Reg Martin
-