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Posted by Mike on 13-Apr-2002 22:24 GMT | In reply to Comment 93 (Ben Hermans/Hyperion): "Bottom-line: I have great doubts about alternative PPC hardware surfacing without an Amiga company being involved."
And this is the reason why we should have gone x86. In it's hey-day, how many successful Amiga clones were there? Now with all the big HW companies long gone, I think the chances are VERY SLIM, that we'll see any other PPC MB for the Amiga.
If Amiga had gone x86, Eyetech could buy the OEM boards from whoever (as it is now, cause I seriously doubt Eyetech is constructing the boards), & "certifying" them as Amigas. We'ld be WAY more likely to have new "Amiga" hardware every year/few months. People will upgrade more frequently than has ever been possible in this market, which would have put more $ in Eyetech's and Amiga's hands.
Existing PPC users - I don't see this as a viable market...
In my case: while my CSPPC equipped 4000 may be capable of running 0S4, there isn't an incentive to do so. The 060 & OS3.5 on the system are not the bottle necks, it's the pathetic IDE & GfxCard (original CV). Surely I COULD by SCSI drives, and a PCI bus board (for a PCI gfx card), but that is serious cash - and it will feel the same, speed wise, as it did before. Even if I could afford those new thing for my 4000, it is, well, almost a decade old. Might aswell buy the new MB / case, an inexpensive IDE/ATA100 drive & AGP gfx card, and skip the SCSI & PCI bus board. (but I can't affor that either) |
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