Entry Level Amigans (cont'd)
by Sven Harvey

Removable drives? Well, lets face it we going to need to play DVDs on the thing, as well as transfer files to other systems. So an absolute minimum of a DVD-ROM and CD-RW drive is needed. But lets face it in the Christmas market of 2004, its really going to need a DVD-R/RW drive (Pioneers system), so you can burn your home videos down to DVD-Rs to play back on the normal DVD player in the living room.

So what do you think about the following spec sheet:

PowerAmiga 500

Processor:	500MHz G4
RAM:	512MB
Graphics:	Radeon 9000 64MB
Sound:	EMU10K1
HD:	200GB
USB:	2 ports each side of unit plus 4 on rear
IEEE-1394:	2 ports on rear
Drives:	Pioneer A104 DVD-R/RW mounted with drawer ejecting to the right of the machine.
I/O:	Full Amiga keyboard, optical wireless mouse, bluetooth connectivity, Digital TV connection, RGB/composite out (SCART), SVideo out, audio left & right out, audio in L&R, digital optical out and in, video in.
Included:	Localized basic television connection cable (SCART, SVideo or other appropriate), Workbench DVD featuring AmigaOS, special edition office suite, special edition paint package, Shogo, platform game. The DVD can be played on any normal DVD player - the video footage contained introduces the machine and guides the user through the first steps of getting the machine up and running. Later tutorials on the DVD run in a window on Workbench as you follow it for real with the mouse
Target Price:	£399.99 or less

The fact is that the majority of Amigas sold planet-wide during the golden period of Christmas 1989 until April 1994 were of the Home Computer type - The A500, A600 and A1200, or marketed specifically at the home market like Commodore UKs A1500PHC. That is something not to be ignored as a successful product such as this will generate a damn good cash flow, and lets face it, that's the cash flow that kept Commodore alive until 1994.