Amiga Prices
3 messages in this thread
I'm checking out computer prices, and I'm interested in looking at the
Amiga and Atari brands. I've seen up here that the Atari and Amiga are
very different machines; how so? How much would it cost for me to get an
Amiga 3000 with 100mb HD, color monitor, and 4 megs of RAM? I've seen some
discussion up here about CBM, and I'm interested if anyone else wants to
put in their two cents worth about where CBM is headed.
Thanks,
Andy Thomas
I'd reccomend Atari ONLY if your planning on using MIDI stuff. Thats about
the only appreciable lead in software it has in the US over Amiga right
now. Even thats begining to change though (Bars & pipes Pro etc..)
Basically With an Amiga you get more colors, more expandability, and a
better OS. (I'm sure some ST people will jump on me now, but thats my
opinion)
Commodore right now has a GREAT trade up program, in that if you can prove
ownership of practically any previous Commodore computer (Vic 20, C64,
C128, etc..) You can get up to $1500 off on an Amiga 3000. Even if you
don't have a Commodore computer, I'm sure you could find an old C64
somewhere for under $100 bucks. All you need to do is write the serial
number on the owners manual and take it to a participating dealer.
I'm sure other people will help you with the Specifics of the Amiga 3000 (I
got a lowly 500 so I can't speak about the 3000 from experience, but
playing on them makes me envious!)
Where CBM is headed? I don't think anyones knows for sure, I doubt if
anyone has known for the last 3 years. They kinda just keep hanging in
there. They've got arguably the best service and repair policy for
Personal computers today, and possibly a good market in CDTV (though no one
will really know until the smoke clears…) Right now, Video and
Multimedia are solid niches and with the 3000Unix system, the Company has
possibilities, I think it's way they execute everyone's going to be
watching.
Are you going to be using the computer (Amiga or Atari) for Music/MIDI
related tasks?