[News] Interview with Ben Hermans from Hyperion | ANN.lu |
Posted on 07-Nov-2001 20:45 GMT by Christophe Decanini | 194 comments View flat View list |
Christoph Gutjahr interviewed Hyperion about AmigaOS 4.0.
You can read the interview on amiga-news.de in English or in German.
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Interview with Ben Hermans from Hyperion : Comment 191 of 194 | ANN.lu |
Posted by Brecht [darklite] on 09-Nov-2001 16:51 GMT | In reply to Comment 190 (Bogus Realname): >* PPC was always the next step up from 68k since 1995
But it never really took of.
>* There is already quite a number of PPC software
There is very little PPC software.
>* Amiga software/HW developers support PPC, because it is a (comfortable) niche
It's everything but comfortable, there's too few buyers.
>* PPC has a better design than x86 and with GHz G4 or G5 there should be enough
power to compete with x86
You can't say it a better design or not. x86 has changed alot during the years. And both PPC and x86 are mixed RISC + CISC, there's no clear line. Add to that that the x86 is far cheaper at the same speeds (not clockrate).
>* Amiga HW manufacturer has control about the hardware (e.g. implementing or
deleting certain features) and has a direct connection to Amiga customers.
As I stated in another posting, it is very strange there had been no decent
K7 chipset apart from AMD's own, and although the bus architecture is good
for SMP, only now there are some (Tyan) boards available - finally
Are the VIA and ALi chipsets that bad? I don't think so.
Not alot of users need an SMP board, of course there's less choice.
>* With bulk production the prices should come down to an acceptable level.
There will never be bulk production of Amiga specific hardware.
>* Not everyone has x86 yet (I for my part have not)
Not everyone, but let's say 95%.
>* Not everyone ultimately goes for fast & cheap -> Apple
Apple is no longer about computing, it's about fashion.
>* An own Amiga PPC platform could give a certain feeling of pride or identity
Noone said we should drop the PPC, but we need an x86 AmigaOS *next to* a PPC version.
>* Don't forget how Wintel spyed on you with WinXP registration bullshit, NSAkey, Pentium3 indentify number etc. ;-)
What does MS have to do with an x86 AmigaOS?
>* And for the die-hards...x86 is no Amiga!!!
neither is PC. 68k is the only 'real' Amiga. |
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