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Posted by takemehomegrandma on 31-Aug-2004 07:34 GMT | In reply to Comment 29 (Wayne Hunt): While the Pegasos certainly is far better priced than the A1, I agree that the Pegasos2 is a bit pricy compared to similar specced x86 boxes. I have never claimed different. While PPC may offer some advantages over x86, and while the Pegasos is a great piece of hardware, it is too pricy for what it offers. That is a problem. However, price is definitely connected to the volume of production here. Many believes that PPC hardware par se must be more expensive than x86, since APPLE hardware are more expensive. However, many factors affects Apples pricing policy, and I do not think that the cost of raw materials (CPU's and such) is the biggest explanation to the price of a Mac...
... but *it is* the biggest explanation to the price of a Pegasos! It's all about volume, and I think the Avalanche/Genesi project (besides their cooperation with Motorola/Freescale) is very interesting in this aspect. I think they are doing the right thing. Offering companies a total service solution, where the focus is not on the hardware itself (or the price of it) but on the deal as a whole (and the value of it), may very well be a great way of increasing volume, so that the price may be lowered, which in turn will make the Pegasos pop up on various radar screens in a much broader scale than now. It's about achieving a critical mass, and when that is done, we may all sit back and enjoy the explosion. ;-)
And I really believe we will see a price drop of the Pegasos in a not too distant future. AFAIK, in various comments from BBRV it shows that being able to lower the price of the Pegasos is one of their main goals at the moment, and every now and then they succeed in what they are doing! ;-) |
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