AmigaDave said:
Sounds probable, but I think another possible factor in addition to those two above, was that Commodore was already starting to cut corners to reduce costs when the A3000 was designed.
If it was a cost cutting move why did the A4000 have it when it was a cost cut computer itself? The A3000 was one of the few Amiga's that wasn't ruined by trying to save money. I also believe it was the fact that 5 1/4 drives were gone and CD drives weren't popular yet. The clones of the period also had only a 3 1/2 drive.
