CompuServe Messages

IBM has been trying for *years* to get into the Home Market. Witness the PC Junior, the PS/1, etc. They keep failing miserably. You need a 16 Mhz 386, with 2MB of Ram and VGA at a *minimum* nowadays to run Windows, much less most current game software and the like, which is a strong part of a home market. A system like that will run you, machine, HD, and monitor, a bit over $1000. Any lesser system either can't run the software you want, or is too difficult to use. Apple is, IMHO, destined to fail in their attempt to get the Performa into the Home Market, unless they really drop prices a lot. The home market wants *low cost*, and over $1000 is way too much. Even $500 is pushing it. Add to that the fact that the machine that they're selling at that just over $1000 price has a tiny B&W screen with limited expandability. Every has always had better graphics than a Mac Classic II. SCSI is actually a drawback on this machine, as SCSI peripherals are more expensive than IDE ones. The A600 has dropped prices to the point where it's just beginning to become attractive to the home market. At $599 (list price – Hopefully street prices will be lower) for a machine with a hard drive (you don't need a monitor, you can hook it up to your TV…) it's just *barely* below the upper edge of what the market will take. If there is ANY market Commodore ought to be aiming at, it's the home. If you think Commodore can ignore that market and aim solely at business without ruining the Amiga market entirely, think again. –>Steve Bennett