#A4000
20-Jan-93 22:06:15
Sb: #85895-#A4000
Fm: Mark D. Manes 74030,744
To: Denny Atkin [COMPUTE/Ami 75500,3602
Denny,
I agree with you a 100%. The Power User syndrome is indeed rampant here.
Commodore needs a machine in the $1500 range. It will *not* be the
A4000/040. Not until they are ready to dump them.
Speaking of dumping, everytime Commodore comes up with something that a
dealer can sell they dump their inventory to the mail order folks. They
did this with the A3000 deal, and now the A600. Dealer cost on the A600
RoboCop package from Commodore is *higher* than if I buy them from Tennex.
Of course, since I am a direct dealer I am not allowed to buy them from
Tennex. Ergo, the A600 is dead.
The biggest problem with the A600 is the lack of anyone knowing what it
could do for only $399. I realize that many of you believe the A600
should be dead, however I think that each Amiga sold builds a larger user
base that hopefully will buy some software, peripherals and ultimately
will upgrade to a bigger Amiga in the future. Never in the history of the
Amiga has a dealer had a product at that price range that was as nicely
packaged as the A600 is.
-mark=