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Re: my AO G4XE will arrive beginning April 2003 :-)
« on: March 21, 2003, 03:56:35 PM »
£800... I don't think that's CHEAP.
The A1 architecture isn't "big box"-architecture, it's consumer-level architecture!

Yes, when the A3000 came out it beat the sh*t out of PCs in the same price range but this doesn't go for the A1.

My new PC cost me £615 including a 17" monitor, ATX case, Athlon 1.8GHz GeForce 4 MX etc. and this is hardware that runs in circles around the A1 (according to benchmarks posted here at a.org).

I can understand that the manufacturing costs for the A1 is higher than your average PC MoBo but I feel that if the Amiga is going to have chance the prices need to be more competitive.

Of course I'm excited about the new Amiga and the new OS and I can understand people who put their money in it. However: Personally I wouldn't buy it until I see a review of an A1 with OS4 -- and a price drop.
Amiga: Too weird to live, too rare to die.