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| Amstard PC2000 : Here and Now (New Computer Express) |
Amstrad's new range of 286 PCs has arrived in the UK - months earlier than publicly stated by Alan Sugar himself. As of this week the machines are available in 80 Comet Business Centres across the country. This conflicts with earlier gloomy statements from Sugar that supplies would be slender until the new year. When the PC2086 line up was unveiled on September 13th he warned that the continuing D-Ram shortage would hamper availability, saying that few would be here until January at the earliest.
PC2000: Early arrival >> One explanation for what has happened with the PC2000s is that Amstrad had publicly painted the picture blacker than it needed to, in order to make the eventual "early" arrival seem like a victory against the odds for the firm. This was foreshadowed in a confidential document obtained from Amstrad at the time of the launch. It contained shipment expectations which directly conflicted with Sugar's own public view. Comet is selling four models of the 286 ranging from the £749 double disk drive mono version to the £1,249 hard drive colour monitor machine. As a supplier of Amstrad computers Comet is becoming increasingly important. It is already the exclusive seller of the low end Amstrad PC 200. It has been suggested that previous Amstrad favourite Dixons has fallen from grace having filled its shelves with competitors' machines such as Olivetti's low cost PC. New Computer Express #1 (11-988)
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