| [News] Amiga announces the AmigaOne | ANN.lu |
| Posted on 21-Oct-2000 14:22 GMT by Teemu I. Yliselä | 119 comments
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Amiga have just released this press release about the AmigaOne hardware spec. Eyetech will build the first actual boxes, which are Classic Amiga/AmigaOne hybrids (both A1200 and A4000-based models will be available) and will be based on PPC. They are scheduled for a Q1 2001 release. First stand-alone AmigaOnes should ship in Q3 2001. Also, the development of the Classic AmigaOS will continue with v3.9 coming out before Christmas.
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| Posted by Andy H on 21-Oct-2000 22:00 GMT | In reply to Comment 77 (fleecy):
Weak? It may be weak to the ppl who believe that we should have had
some technomonks working in the Himalayas for a few years developing the
AAAAAAAA chipset which embeds a quantum singularity in silicon to creat
better than life graphics and audio, but for ppl with at least one foot attached
to the earth, they would know that hardware takes time - even simple hardware.
PSX2 took three years to bring to market, Dreamcast almost four. PCs don't count because they are revisions of the
same stuff.
I'd call announcing a set of products one of which (the
preditor PCI board) had been announced a few weeks ago weak. I
understand that hardware takes time to produce, but can't you see that
what is offered isn't groundbreaking? It's just a way of pleasing the
hardcore "Amigans", who will willingly pay through the nose for
soemthing like that beacuse it is strapped to a commodore board.
You must admit that you've been fueling a small frenzy over the "AmigaOne", .dorpping little hints here,
little hints there. People were expecting so much more than just an add on for A1200s.
Add on? It's a full computer than can hold its head with the best of
Apple's latest line. How is that an add on? The A1200 is the add on to
the AmigaOne.
I bet it will cost more than Apples latest line.
It is really difficult for me to believe that you are actaully progressing anywhere, when
you have said that you are working with all these exciting partners, when they just turn out to be Eyetech!
I don't expect you to believe anything. Buy stuff when its on the shelf.
By who is going to build it? Eyetech? They are a nice bunch of
people, and I buy from them a lot but at the end of a day, they won't
give you the kind of hardware clout needed to launch a new system.
Dean is working on multiple designs, including our next wave of devices. The
first wave is our first step. Seems many people don't understand that trips start with a first step.
Maybe, you just announced it prematurely, but as it stands now, the
ONLY option offered for AmigaOne is this Eyetech PPC solution, it's
all well and good saying that there are nagotiations for other
systems, but until they are done deals, there is no alternitive
You haven't answered my questions about other partners and the
problems with the (lack of decent) software list.
I have know doubt that you are leading a revolution in computing, but
a revolution won't get very far with only a few people.
Plaese excuse the poor formatting I've been having problems sending
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