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- From: hrs@aber.ac.uk (Herbert Martin Sauro)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
- Subject: Re: Atari
- Message-ID: <1992Aug15.123604.18306@aber.ac.uk>
- Date: 15 Aug 92 12:36:04 GMT
- References: <Bsxz9v.KtB@fc.sde.hp.com> <1992Aug14.124301.17713@pellns.alleg.edu>
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- In article <1992Aug14.124301.17713@pellns.alleg.edu> heidelj@alleg.edu (Jason Heideloff) writes:
- >> Sure it does. Remember that the Falcon is trying to hit an under $1000
- >> price point. Motorola 68040s are _well_ over $200 in quantity, whereas
- >> 68030s are below $100 (from what I've seen). So if Atari wants to make
- >> a higher-end version of the Falcon based on a 68040, they can sell it
- >> for over $1000. But, they're trying to sell to a home audience, rather
- >> than the pricey NeXT audience (ever try to buy a NeXT machine for under
- >> $1000?). I'm certain not every Mac buyer is buying a Quadra right now
- >> due to the high cost of those 68040-based machines.
- >>
- >> --
- >> Paul Dorweiler
- >> Hewlett-Packard Company
- >> Fort Collins, CO
- >> email: pjd@hpespjd.fc.hp.com
- >> AT&T: (303) 229-6030
- >
- >But that is another good point to bring up. Why does Atari always seem to
- >try and produce things so that they are cheaply priced? I think that
- >people are turned off by lowly priced computers, especially from Atari
- >anyway. I don't think the Power Without The Price motto can survive much
- >longer.
- >
- >Jason Heideloff
- >heidelj@alleg.edu
- What you've just said is a complete contradication! I bet you'd (JH)
- would be the first to complain if Atari computers were expensive (like the TT),
- have you bought a TT (after all it is expensive)?
-
- Herb
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