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- From: richk@grebyn.com (Richard Krehbiel)
- Subject: Re: Betting on an A1800
- In-Reply-To: unregistered@newcastle.ac.uk's message of 19 Nov 92 12:51:37 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Nov21.154756.16881@grebyn.com>
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- Sender: richk@grebyn.com (Richard Krehbiel)
- Organization: Grebyn Timesharing
- References: <BxwoJ1.H2B@newcastle.ac.uk> <hgm.722092274@news.ncsu.edu>
- <Bxyrq1.6so@newcastle.ac.uk>
- Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 15:47:56 GMT
-
- In article <Bxyrq1.6so@newcastle.ac.uk> unregistered@newcastle.ac.uk (I.A. Inman) writes:
-
- > hgm@ncsu.edu (Hal G. Meeks) writes:
- >
- > >unregistered@newcastle.ac.uk (I.A. Inman) writes:
- >
- > >>Just guesswork this, but Commodore seem to have left room for a
- > >>machine between the A1200, and the forthcoming A1500/2000
- > >>replacement.
- >
- > >Yep. A big gap.
- >
- > >>My guess is that at some point, probably next year, a new low
- > >>cost machine (probably called the A1800) will appear at around
- > >>the 500-700 pound price mark.
-
- Actually, I wouldn't bet on anything like an A1800. Commodore doesn't
- have the resources to fill all the perceived "gaps" in their product
- line. Heck, they haven't even made a laptop yet.
-
- > I am talking about a LOW COST machine, that would compete with the
- > Falcon, and the '486's. There is the room for it, and it does
- > make sense to come in with a better machine at the 500 - 700 pound
- > mark. The above machine does not fill this middle ground.
-
- I don't think Commodore feels it needs to be any stronger than the
- A1200 to compete with the Falcon (I agree).
- --
- Richard Krehbiel richk@grebyn.com
- OS/2 2.0 will do for me until AmigaDOS for the 386 comes along...
-