The A500 "smoked" the PC for only a very short
time, I remember playing Dune 2 on my friends
286 w/VGA and SB, the graphics and CD speech/
music BLEW AWAY the A500 version royally...
at that time (early 90's) even owners of high-
spec amigas got the shaft in comparison to
comparable PC/Mac game titles. Lower resolutions,
crappy sound, etc.
And from my recollection a "usable" PC was
way more expensive than any A500.
--edit--
The point: The price will have to be cut way
down for the "mainstream" to even consider
it. Most of my friends remember the amiga
(circa early 90's) as a slow, overpriced
machine with poor support and crappy game
conversions...the last thing they will do is
scream "OMG" and dump $1000 on an A1 'lite'
setup.
