Hello Uffe, on 04-Maj-99, you wrote:
>> Probably because the Amiga is the most expensive home computer to
>> upgrade nowadays. Sad, but true.
>
> Yes, that is no doubt a reason. But still why are we stuck with people
> having bought A1200's in 1993 for approx. $500 and then more or less
> haven't upgraded it ever since?
Tell me of any other platform where you can behave like that ;-)
>
> The PC users I know have spent a lot more on upgrading their PC in the
> meantime. It is more or less true if a PC user has to upgrade his computer
> every other way, both with respect to processor, RAM, harddrive, CD-ROM
> drive etc. etc. And PC users do actually more or less upgrade at such a
> rate.
And within a few months the worth of their investment is halved. On the Amiga I guess
it a few years....
>
> There is no doubt that Amiga equipment is expensive, but so is PC
> equipment. Okay, if you want a 486 you will probably get it for free, but
> if you want something up-to-date then it still costs a minor fortune even
> though quite a bit less than 10 years ago. A new decent PC still costs
> on the other side of $1500 in Denmark. And PC users tend to spend that kind
> of money every other year. Why don't Amiga users spend a little now and
> then?
There is always the doubt - is it really the right place to invest my money. I think
ahead - what will this Amiga hardware I'm going to buy be worth in a year? I don't
know, but it will be a lot more than similar pc-hardware - it is worth allmost nothing.
>
> The 060 boards are quite old and even though the price on such cards
> haven't decreased the way the prices have on the PC they are certainly
> cheaper today than they were years ago. Especially if you don't mind
> buying it second hand.
>
People tend to compare crappy-dirt-cheap-pc-hardware with quality Amiga hardware. Try
compare with quality pc hardware - the price difference isn't THAT big.
> The reason for no PPC software being available is definitely because nobody
> is upgrading. If sufficient people upgraded to a PPC board then there would
> also be a sufficient PPC user base to support development of PPC software.
>
> But considering that even 68k developers can't make a living...
>
The cheap software compensate the expensive hardware, the Amiga is probably the
cheapest computer to use. On the PC allmost any little crappy util is shareware.
Commercial programs on the PC most likely cost 2-10 times more - and that at a much
higher production volume.
Regards/
/Ole Kaas
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