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- From: "Bj÷rn Hagstr÷m" <orgin@medio.mh.se>
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: The New Ami: a right step!
- Date: 11 Mar 1996 12:59:16 GMT
- Organization: Solace Computer Society, Sundsvall
- Message-ID: <4i1834$e30@fizban.solace.mh.se>
- References: <4hrvsl$7ev@sinsen.sn.no> <1996Mar9.162614.53263@cobra.uni.edu> <4hufm4$6lf@sinsen.sn.no> <1996Mar10.092341.53274@cobra.uni.edu>
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- sinclap2954@cobra.uni.edu (PETER SINCLAIR-DAY) wrote:
- >In article <4hufm4$6lf@sinsen.sn.no>, oddhs@sn.no (Odd H. Sandvik) writes:
- >> PETER SINCLAIR-DAY (sinclap2954@cobra.uni.edu) wrote:
- >>
- >> : Big step for Amiga users? ROTFLMAO!!! 030 in 1996!!!Amazing..
- >>
- >> No, I didn't say that. I said it's a fairly big step from a
- >> 020/14Mhz. It's upgradeable, just like a PC...
- >> Consider this new machine to be the new Amiga lowend.
- >
- >A big step? Considering this new lowend is suppose to cost $1100 or so. $1100
- >buys at least a Pentium 100 - considered the new lowend and PowerMac Performa
- >6214 with a gig for under $900 and 7200's below $1300...
-
- And you want the same price/performance from an Amiga 680x0 system ? Stop
- dreaming and get to reality. The Amiga IS more expensive to manufacture.
-
- >> Even if it came with a 25Mhz 040 you people would be bitchin.
- >> Don't you see the price point here ?
- >
- >If it is outrageaosly priced as the A4000T is currently.. Hell you can get 040
- >macs for under $800...
-
- The amiga is not as cheap to produce. And ATg doesn't have the same
- background as Apple and certainly NOT the the same market share.
-
- You need a larger market, more than a few months of research and cheaper parts
- to get the same price/performance on an Amiga system as a PC/Mac system.
-
-
- /Bjorn Hagstrom
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