perry@csd4.milw.wisc.edu.UUCP (08/15/87)
I recently purchased an amiga 1000 system in april, I passed up atari and the macintosh series whle doing so now I hear a lot of talk about the amiga 2000, I am very concerned that the amiga 1000 lin will be dropped. I have read articles in "Amiga World" that the line will be dropped but no specific time was set. Could someone reassure me that my investment isn't wasted, especially since the new amiga offers expandability, built in kickstart, etc... Perry.
lishka@uwslh.UUCP (Christopher Lishka) (08/17/87)
I will be buying an a1000 (used) at a lower cost soon, and am also
wondering what the differences between it and a500's & a2000's are. I
much prefer the a1000 (nicer machine, better keyboard, cuter ;-), but
I am also concerned about stranding myself. For me it is a cheaper
a1000 or a more expensive a500 system; please help me decide.
-Chris
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Chris Lishka /lishka@uwslh.uucp
Wisconsin State Lab of Hygiene <-lishka%uwslh.uucp@rsch.wisc.edu
\{seismo, harvard,topaz,...}!uwvax!uwslh!lishkacmcmanis%pepper@Sun.COM (Chuck McManis) (08/18/87)
In article <254@uwslh.UUCP> lishka@uwslh.UUCP (Christopher Lishka) writes: >I will be buying an a1000 (used) at a lower cost soon, and am also >wondering what the differences between it and a500's & a2000's are. I >much prefer the a1000 (nicer machine, better keyboard, cuter ;-), but >I am also concerned about stranding myself. For me it is a cheaper >a1000 or a more expensive a500 system; please help me decide. Quite a few people around here have been asking pretty much the same question, and since it probably is being asked by quite a few people reading this list I'll throw in my two cents worth here. Basically, with the way things are priced an Amiga 1000 and an Amiga 500 are not that far apart cost wise, this is probably due to the fact that the 500 is selling near list ($630 - $675 [$695]) and the 1000 is selling significantly below list ($800 - $900 [$1295]). Often the two drive 512K 1000 system can cost less than the 1Meg 2 drive 500 based system. [Note: Some dealers have been known to install the 'Kickstart eliminator' in the 1000's they sell, making them 768K machines with Kickstart in Rom for the same price as the 500] So why buy one or another ? Basically two reasons Asthetics and Expansion, With a 1000 you get a nice keyboard garage, a keyboard you can easily drop into your lap, and quite a few expansion options. By now it is understood that you can really only put one and sometimes two expansion units on the side however one of those units can be an ASDG mini-rack which could supply enough power for most applications (what more do you need than 8 megs of ram and a DMA disk controller?) But you can also add a SideCar if you want (no giggles please) or a StarBoard II if 2 megs and a interrupt driven SCSI interface are sufficient. So far Supra and MicroBotics are claiming to have addons for the 500 but I expect it to be another 6 months before these are available in quantity and at a price most net folks seem willing to pay. Of course by next year the cost of the 500 will have come down and the expansion options will be available and the question will be moot. (except for the detached keyboard which is near and dear to my heart at least). Remember that last point well. COMMODORE WILL LOWER THE PRICE AT SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE. It is for all intents and purposes guarunteed. The only time this really hurts is when they lower it right after you buy one, so buy one quickly and stay away from the edge :-) --Chuck McManis uucp: {anywhere}!sun!cmcmanis BIX: cmcmanis ARPAnet: cmcmanis@sun.com These opinions are my own and no one elses, but you knew that didn't you.
grr@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins) (08/25/87)
In article <254@uwslh.UUCP> lishka@uwslh.UUCP (Christopher Lishka) writes: > > I will be buying an a1000 (used) at a lower cost soon, and am also > wondering what the differences between it and a500's & a2000's are. I > much prefer the a1000 (nicer machine, better keyboard, cuter ;-), but > I am also concerned about stranding myself. For me it is a cheaper > a1000 or a more expensive a500 system; please help me decide. At the moment, if you can get an A1000 for less than and A500, the A1000 is still a reasonable choice. A few months down the line, as more expansion devices are available for the A500 this perspective may change. There's not much difference in the base system capabilities, if you are interested in video applications, the color composite output of the A1000 and the availability of the genlock peripheral for the A1000 are definite plusses. -- George Robbins - now working for, uucp: {ihnp4|seismo|rutgers}!cbmvax!grr but no way officially representing arpa: cbmvax!grr@seismo.css.GOV Commodore, Engineering Department fone: 215-431-9255 (only by moonlite)