brendan@jolnet.ORPK.IL.US (Brendan Kehoe) (05/20/89)
carus@cbnewsc.ATT.COM (bryce.w.carus) wrote in comp.sys.cbm article <867@cbnewsc.ATT.COM>: >Amigas? PC clones? Atari's? Apples?- I don't think so. These machines will all >sell but they don't satisfy the need for a simple, easy to use, $300 system. I used to work in an Apple/IBM store part-time (gasp..the Mac IIx justified it for me..smile)..I saw dozens of people come in with $600, their eyes nervous, and ask "Can I get a computer?" The cheapest, an Apple IIc, ran for about $1200. You can't imagine how it felt to see good, holesome people get a desire to learn shoved right back down their throats by big business with the "come back when you've got more money" attitude echoing in their ears. For its price & market, the C64 has incredible power...some aspects of which rival the mid-level business market. Who'll replace them? No one. >Why would schools spend big bucks to fill a room with Apples when they could >fill four or five rooms with c64's? Cuz when Apple gave away all of those computers when they started out, they made "Apple" & "Education" permanently emblazoned together on peoples' brains. >I wrote the code for Explode and Video Byte and they are selling well. To hear >the experts talk, there was no market for these things. I know people are still >trying to find Koala pads which are like gold. Who is going to sell stuff to >the brand new owners of a million units from last year? All of the 'old' software houses. >If Commodore drops the c64, I think Atari or Japan Inc. will fill the void with >a similarly priced clone and clean up. I dunno bout this...the custom chips like the VIC II and SID would be (I think) pretty difficult to duplicate without breaking any copyrights.. -- Brendan Kehoe brendan@cup.portal.com | GEnie: B.KEHOE | Oh no! I forgot to say goodbye brendan@chinet.chi.il.us | CI$: 71750,2501 | to my mind! brendan@jolnet.orpk.il.us | Galaxy: Brendan | - Abby Normal