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Originally Posted by 005AGIMA
Big box Amiga's were way out of my price range.
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That was an other part of Commodores mismanagement:
As affordable the 500 and 1200 were, the 2000 and higher models were just way overpriced in comparison.
The original "checkmate" story illustrates that perfectly - it was possible to buy A500s in a regular shop, ripp them apparat, throw away the case, put them in a new custom made case, sell this "big box" for far less than a A2000 and still make profit ...
Commodore tried to basically rip off Amiga fans and enthusiasts with the big box Amigas ... but that fired back of course: people did not invest in upgradable Amigas, so they did not upgrade RAM or HD or CPU as much as it would have been necessary to keep up with PCs and sustain the Amiga platform...