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- From: dgrant@dgrant.peinet.pe.ca (Dennis Grant)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: Amiga Hedge for VIScorp?
- Date: 15 Apr 1996 13:18:20 GMT
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- In article <96105.004228GREMS@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU> <GREMS@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU> writes:
- > The key to VIScorp' set top box seems to be that with the Amiga OS, they
- > don't need as much ram. OK. But the price of ram is falling fast now, so
- > dosn't that mean that the marginal advatage of the VIScorp ED is lessened?
-
- The amount of margin on computer hardware is so slim these days, a single
- penny saved can add up into viable profit.
-
- Not only that, these set top boxes will have to be priced _real_ cheap to
- make it into homes. Computers cost about $2500. The STP will have to cost
- around $300 or so.
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