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- From: pwright@crash.cts.com (Phil Wright)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: New Press Release!
- Date: 15 Mar 1996 00:12:43 GMT
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- On 14-Mar-96 01:52:12, Michael van Elst was reported to have said:
- >pwright@crash.cts.com (Phil Wright) writes:
-
- >>That's the same price as an A1200 w/monitor.
-
- >So does this 486 include a batch of productivity software and won't you
- >need 8MB to use this software ?
-
- Not as advertised but I have yet to see a PC system sold out of a clone
- shop that didn't "include" MS Office. Many of the clone dealers do
- advertise MS Office or other packages as included and you'll still be
- under $1000. Heck there are Pentium systems at the $1000 price point
- sans monitor and a PC doesn't need those rare & expensive monitors that
- scan down to 15khz.
-
- Actually, I'd want 16MB or more for a PC pig but another $55 would get you
- another 4MB on that base PC system and with 8MB total you can get by. It's
- not like the A1200 with a pitiful 2MB of chip is blazing fast.
-
- The simple truth is that an A1200 w/HD and monitor is in the same price
- range as a basic, yet functional, 486 system that has better graphics,
- sound, expandibility and a considerably more powerful CPU. The only thing
- the A1200 has going for it is the OS and a few standout applications.
-
- I understand the circumstances that forced Amiga Tech to put the A1200 (and
- the A4000T) at its current price level but that doesn't change the reality
- that the Amigas are a hard sell at these prices.
-
- pwright@crash.cts.com
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