you will find that Commodore had “private showings” of these peripherals without “officially announcing” anything.) As far as I know, by the time you read this, the new Amiga will have been “officially announced” and on its way to market. So what makes the 2000 so special? Sure it’s nice to have the extra memory, the slots, the flexibility, etc., but what is so different about that? The thing that makes the 2000 truly unique is the fact that it is a "multi” machine. Multi-processor, multi-DOS and multitasking. The 2000 provides a bridge between systems, processors and operating environments. Most people don’t care whether they are running their software or hardw'are under MS-DOS, AmigaDOS, Unix or gribbleflix, just as long as it works. The 2000 will provide a system, an "uber-system” if you will, that will make the software, hardw'are, etc. nearly invisible to the end user. No matter what kind of end use or application you need or want, the 2000 should let you buy the peripherals, processors, software, drives or whatever else is needed. With the 2000’s multitasking abilities, giving you parallel coprocessing and parallel DOS, you have a machine that is almost unlimited in its configurations and potential. It will be a while before all the possibilities are grasped and implemented. Since the 2000 can act like almost any machine on the market, it is unlike any other machine on the market. The article pretty much describes the machine, its inner workings, etc., but what wre didn’t talk about was the impact it’s going to have. What does the new machine mean to the future of Commodore? What will it mean to software and hardware developers? What will it mean to everyone who already owns an Amiga 1000 and doesn’t have enough money to go out and buy a whole new* system? What will it mean to Amiga World? As for the future of Commodore, I think the 2000 is a signal that Commodore is eager to make as great an impact in the U. S. business market as it has in Europe, but they know that they will have to offer more than just PC compatibility. Other computers offer that at a much lower price. Commodore wanted the 1000 to be a business machine, hut the business world has been trained to look for certain things in a personal computer (whether they are right or not), and the Amiga didn’t quite fit the description. The 2000 deals with most of the objections that the business w orld had about the 1000 as a business machine, since ii unleashes the Amiga’s full potential. The fact that Commodore is bringing out a new* Amiga rather than a newr C-64 or 128 proves that they are committed to the Amiga, not just as a single machine, hut as an entire line. That is good for all Amiga owners. The 2000 should have good sales in the next few* years, and the Amiga line will continue to grow.