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- From: jtv@xs4all.nl (Jeroen T. Vermeulen)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: New Press Release!
- Date: Thu, 21 Mar 96 05:25:49
- Organization: Leiden University, Mathematics & Computer Science, The Netherlands
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- In article <DoF1E7.Czs@cix.compulink.co.uk> jralph@cix.compulink.co.uk ("Jolyon Ralph") writes:
- >
- > I totally agree. The sad thing is that, if AT had a little more
- > imagination the new walker unit could have had a combined AGA/SVGA
- > chipset on board as standard. Sure it would push the price up $150, but
- > the advantages would be tremendous.
-
- Yes--longer time to develop; software incompatibilities; a larger board;
- increased potential for exciting new bugs; entering higher price range to
- compete head-to-head with those Pentium systems; supporting hasty additions to
- the architecture for a long time; and probably many many more.
-
- Seriously, what the hell do we know about AT's "lack of imagination"? This
- machine with its SuperIO could be a killer internet solution for markets like
- Germany where phone costs are much too high for conventional modem connections
- (and ISDN is relatively cheap). AT could be working on a whole new strategy for
- home-Internet connectivity but if I were AT I wouldn't reveal such plans too
- early on in the game. And that's just one for-instance.
-
- That's not to discourage you: If you want to build your own AGA/SVGA chipset
- and sell it, good luck! I'll be waiting for your post on c.s.a.announce when
- it's finished, around june or so. Shall we say, what, $300 for a Zorro III
- card? Somehow I doubt it's all that easy.
-
- I really don't mean to trample on you or anything, but a general problem
- especially with the US users seems to be that they have trouble imagining that
- things may happen outside their field of vision and still be real. Or that some
- deals cannot be done properly in public. And particularly that the fact that we
- don't hear AT complaining all the time doesn't mean that they're faced with an
- easy task. Saying "we've been waiting for xx months" is completely meaningless
- if you don't really know what that task is.
-
- And besides, even if it would be possible to add SVGA to the Walker for $150
- then adding a cool 20-25% to the price will force the product into a price range
- where it competes with Macs and (more or less) multitasking PCs offering more
- frills, so there you go with 16-bit sound and DSP etc, an uphill battle. NOT
- adding it lets the Walker reach a market below any other easy-to-use
- multitasking system, where buyers can live with AGA as long as it's cheap now
- and can be expanded later.
-
- If you want a higher-specced machine for yourself (as a machine or as a target
- market) then just say so. Many of us do. But don't try to change a cheap
- low-end product for a different market into your medium-end Dream Machine
- because it would end up being neither.
-
-
- > Jolyon
-
- Jeroen
-
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- # Jeroen T. Vermeulen \"How are we doing kid?"/ Yes, we use Amigas. #
- #--- jtv@xs4all.nl ---\"Oh, same as always."/-- ... --#
- #jvermeul@wi.leidenuniv.nl \ "That bad, huh?" / Got a problem with that? #
-
- Windows is the most "popular" OS like WW I was a highly "popular" conflict.
-