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Re: Would you like to see an Amiga A1200 style AmigaOne
« on: July 30, 2003, 11:19:36 AM »
I'd dearly love to see such a machine, as the A1200 was a great entry level computer that the market sorely needs today.

However, in practical terms it can never happen.  Such a machine would need a large production run in order to be viable, and would thus need a multi-million dollar advertising budget.  It would also need a unique and high quality software base (with incentives to software manufacturers to publish titles), and a bespoke design as an off the shelf chipset would prove expensive in the long run.

Added to that is the fact that a low end PC is not much more to buy than a top end XBox/PS2 bundle, which has already squeezed out Atari, Sega and is putting huge pressure on Nintendo.  

Clearly a company like Amiga and/or partners simply haven't got the resources to mount an attack at this end of the market, but I'd love to see a new generation A500/1200.
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Re: Would you like to see an Amiga A1200 style AmigaOne
« Reply #1 on: July 31, 2003, 02:50:09 PM »
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So you would like one, but only with a multi-millon dollar advertising budget?


I'd like one, but my point was that in today's world for such a machine to be a commercial success (and we all want that don't we? ;-D) a massive budget is a prerequisite.  That was just me beign a realist, not a dreamer!
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