Good News Is Here (OS 4.1&SAM440 amigakit.com)

[amigagr]

We need more users. Hans_

at this price, do you believe that anyone real new user, will come to the ''amiga'' territory?

[tonyyeb]

Come on. You realise the mass production nature of Macs and PCs cannot compare to the low production of SAM boards. Plus Macs and PCs are the same technology now and SAM isn't like either. It has taken a lot to produce the SAM board where as Apple can use existing tech and make them into Macs very easily.

[amigagr]

you have to convince him, -the new user- with these ideas.
not me. i'm allready ''in''. :-D

[kreciu]

Is it a joke? It is serious question...

I was waiting for that looooong time. Can anybody explain HOW this happened?

I really like this "combo" .

I'm so happy I didn't by Blizzard PPC for $800 . Patience is virtue...

[amigagr]

kreciu wrote:
I'm so happy I didn't by Blizzard PPC for $800 . Patience is virtue...

but this won't mean that you will save the money.

[tonyyeb]

amije wrote:

kreciu wrote:
I'm so happy I didn't by Blizzard PPC for $800 . Patience is virtue...

but this won't mean that you will save the money.

Why wont it?

[Hans_]

amije wrote:

kreciu wrote:
I'm so happy I didn't by Blizzard PPC for $800 . Patience is virtue...

but this won't mean that you will save the money.

Maybe not, but the specifications of the machine will be better, and the hardware will be newer.

Hans

[amigagr]

tonyyeb wrote:
Why wont it?

but it's obvius. he will spend it, in one way or another!

@Hans_: of course!

[tonyyeb]

I see.

[Tumbleweed]

Greatstuff Acube/Huperion - where can I buy a Sam 440?

Direct from Acube, Amigakit ?

[kreciu]

Sure I will "save". What I can do with A1200 or A4000? How much is AONE? OLD?? You know what does it mean "A1200 sandwich".

This is not about "saving money". This is about saving AmigaOS, hehe... :-D

[Manu]

tonyyeb wrote:
Come on. You realise the mass production nature of Macs and PCs cannot compare to the low production of SAM boards. Plus Macs and PCs are the same technology now and SAM isn't like either. It has taken a lot to produce the SAM board where as Apple can use existing tech and make them into Macs very easily.

So true and still both OS4 an MOS are digging their own
grave deeper and deeper. I'd be surprised if 1000 SAM boards
gets sold. I would guess 250 max. 500.

[cicero790]

Celebrations. The rumour of the horses death was greatly exaggerated.  :-)
This is a start. It might end with a core2quad Amiga with OS 5.
A standstill is the worst scenario, but now it moves.
The horse lives. Long live the horse.

[The_Editor]

Ummm

NOTHING has ever been cheap about Amigas. (Except blank floppies !!)

[Mikey_C]

Just to warn you all, that if you're humming and harring about whether to get one or not, consider this...

Court Case.
If the SAM hasn't got Amiga inc's blessing (I doubt this), and Hyperion lose the court case, the plug may be pulled on the SAM and we may have to wait a loooong time while we wait for Amiga inc to introduce new hardware (if they ever do, after all, OS5 is out there already remember?).

Of course, if Hyperion win or it has Amiga inc's blessing, we have nothing to worry about. But personally, I wouldn't gamble on it.

I don't have any insider info on this, if I did, I probably wouldn't be able to post my thoughts on this.

EDIT - What i'm trying to say is Don't wait, or you may miss out.

Regards

Mikey C

 

[zylesea]

tonyyeb wrote:
Come on. You realise the mass production nature of Macs and PCs cannot compare to the low production of SAM boards. Plus Macs and PCs are the same technology now and SAM isn't like either. It has taken a lot to produce the SAM board where as Apple can use existing tech and make them into Macs very easily.

IIRC the Sam is expensive by design: A many layer pcb (8 or 10 layers IIRC)) and expensive parts (e.g. the M9 chip). Technically the Sam might be okay, but market wise I'd say it isn't a big hit.
My estimation is sales in the some hundrets. At least I won't buy one.