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- From: davidme@qdpii.comp.qdpi.oz.au (David Meiklejohn)
- Subject: Re: AA chipset in the A3000 -> I expect it!
- Message-ID: <1992Sep3.123328.24572@qdpii.comp.qdpi.oz.au>
- Organization: Qld Dept Primary Industries
- References: <1992Sep1.131609.29495@qdpii.comp.qdpi.oz.au> <1992Sep1.161521.14376@athena.mit.edu> <1992Sep3.092146.6399@marlin.jcu.edu.au>
- Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 12:33:28 GMT
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- In article <1992Sep3.092146.6399@marlin.jcu.edu.au> cpca@marlin.jcu.edu.au (Colin Adams) writes:
- >In article <1992Sep1.161521.14376@athena.mit.edu> fihsu@athena.mit.edu (Hsu I-wei) writes:
- >>I dunno.. what were prices in Australia during the Power-Up offer? In the
- >>U.S., you could get an A3000 25/50 for $2250 via Power Up. It is sad that
- >>C= Australia didn't offer a similar upgrade incentive.
- >
- >I think the A3000 was initially about $Aust 4500 with a monitor. There
- >was no upgrade deal from the A2000. Now that the price of the A3000 has
- >dropped to be almost reasonable ($Aust. 3300)
-
- It's worth pointing out for our American readers that that's about US$2400 at
- present - hence my point that you have to look at the actual prices before
- complaining that Commodore Australia don't offer a deal called "Power Up".
-
- >the price of the A2000
- >has dropped by such an incredible amount that 2nd-hand A2000s
- >are near worthless.
-
- New A2000HDs, with 52 MB hard drive, can be had for around $1350 (US$1000).
- A basic A2000 doesn't cost much more than an HD-less A600 at the moment. I
- don't like remembering that I thought I got a good deal when I bought my
- A2000, without hard drive or monitor, for $1800 three years ago...
-
- As for the second hand market - just wait 'till the new AA machines are
- released! Try selling an A2000 then... ;-)
-
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