#CEI/CBM Status
27-Nov-94 05:46:33
Sb: #174334-#CEI/CBM Status
Fm: Trent K. Johnson 71020,1052
To: Grant Boucher 74237,1146
Excellent views, Grant. There's little doubt the 'video' market in North
America is the vanguard, with European 'games machines' equally important.
Of course, I'm speaking in generalities. but…
For the Amiga to continue (start?) to really move the major aspect must be
price. There's not a real possibility of major technical advances in
Amiga hardware right away, so those who finally take over have to make an
afforable machine that highlights the current tech. Then, if and when the
sales firm up, new tech can be researched.
As one quick example, CEI (or whoever) could start marketing bare bones
4000's (add your own Warp, for example) for comparable prices to that of
IBM systems. The goal would be to make a machine that, fully equipped,
would price out similar to 486 systems, thereby making affordable
"Flyer-ready" boxes. (And change the damn case so you can actually fit
some decent components in there)
Of course this is just one possible scenario…
Trent/ReAnimators