« on: June 23, 2016, 10:07:15 AM »
Markets, markets, and markets.
In many ways Commodore had the same issue with Amiga that Apple did with the Macintosh: The previous darling model was just way too profitable and had an existing ecosystem of hardware peripherals and software library.
It wasn't until A2000/A500 lineup that the lower cost A500 become as appealing as a C64. And also fit the budgets of lesser economies throughout Europe and they also did well down here in Aus and in NZ.
With a favourable cost of living and homegrown IBM / compatibles + MS DOS there was no need for a business machine from either Apple or Amiga. CBM did of course make IBM compatibles. BTW, I always hated the name CBM; Stop trying to be like IBM and just be yourself.
Creatives however couldn't get much out of a business machine in late '80s so Apple went after the DTP crowd and Amiga + Newtek went after the DTV crowd.
Smaller average living spaces throughout Europe discouraged the purchase of multiple devices. Within US market in late '80s it was common to have a Nintendo for games and an IBM compatible PC for work. In Europe there is a tendency toward multifunction devices so a PC capable of playing games is favoured.
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---------------AGA Collection---------------
1) Amiga A4000 040 40MHz, Mediator PCI, Voodoo 3 3000, Creative PCI128, Fast Ethernet, Indivision AGA Mk2 CR, DVD/CD-RW, OS 3.9 BB2
2) Amiga A1200 040 25MHz, Indivision AGA Mk2 CR, IDEfix, PCMCIA WiFi, slim slot load DVD/CD-RW, OS 3.9 BB2
3) Amiga CD32 + SX1, OS 3.1
