From: CMS129@psuvm.psu.edu (Christopher M. Stoy)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: IDE drive in A600 (was: Re: A600 specs)
Date: 6 Apr 92 23:25:26 GMT
Article-I.D.: psuvm.92097.192526CMS129
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In article <3650@tuegate.tue.nl>, peter@gem.stack.urc.tue.nl (Peter Korsten)
says:
>
>Ah well... just my opinion, but I'd rather see some improvements in the
>system software (VM, MMU, DIG, we all know the story) in stead of a
>product like the A600, which is to bring in large sales figures.
>
>                                                Greetings from Peter.

From your last statement you seem to support the all to prevolent idea of
keeping Commodore "our very own club and no one else can join". I would love
to see VM, MMU, DIG, and every other promiss Commodore ever made to use come
about, but let's face it, Commodore isn't a riches company in the world and
they can't afford to sit around collecting the relativly small amount of profit
they make off 3000's.  Face it, Commodore has always been a low-end company and
their biggest mistake was trying to switch themselves to become a buisness
company.  They finnaly wised up and produced a machine that the average person
can afford. Not everyone can go out and buy the new state-of-the-art comnputer,
and most don't want to. Why do you think IBM clones sell?  The huge base of
software, cheap hardware, and the fact that their neighbor owns one. When I
bought my 500 I was laughed at by my IBM friends, yet I have to kick them off
my Amiga every night.  They bought their IBMs because they were cheap. I don't
know anyone who uses their IBM for anything more then I use my Amiga for, in
fact, they hardly use their IBMs. Why? They arn't any fun. People want a
computer you can stick a disk in, turn it on, and do your English paper that's
due tomarrow.  They buy IBMs because they can get a good system for about $800.
Can you get a decent Amiga system, with hardrive, 1 meg ram, and can hook up
to a TV for $800? I just spent $500 for a hardrive for my 500, making my
system worth about $1000.  When the 600 comes out, you can get the same basic
system I have for less then $400.  This let's all those people out there, and
don't fool yourself, there are a lot of them, get the game machine they wanted
AND a computer they can actually use.  The 600 is no Colleco Adam, it HAS an
already large installed base of software.  This thing will sell, and sell well,
IF Commodore wakes up and starts marketing them (and a few ads in AmigaWorld
isn't what I mean. I want Nation TV ads and distribution in Sears or another
large store).

Sorry if I went on there for a while, but it really pisses me off to read all
these articles that bash the low end systems (500 and 600) and want Commodore
to axe these platforms just because they aren't 3000s. If it wasn't for the
500, there would be no 3000, and Commodore would be nothing more then a fond
memory.


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