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Teron PX ATX PowerPC motherboard
« on: February 04, 2003, 07:25:32 PM »
From http://www.terrasoftsolutions.com

Teron PX ATX PowerPC motherboard, YDL: $499.00 + Shipping

They list an 800mhz G4.

800mhz, Teron PX motherboard, $499

How many HUNDREDS of dollars are you sending Genesi and/or Eyetech in premium?

And remember, terrasoft is not a charity, they make a lot of money out of this, and they also developed YDL, a linux derivative, yes, but more R&D was spent on that than morphos and AOS4 combined.

So why do they find it in their hearts not to gouge?

Anyway, this won't ship till mid-february, so until then its not real, but I see some SERIOUS price corrections need to be made, and soon.

I advice anyone DON'T BUY NOW, WAIT.

NEVER PRE-ORDER.
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Re: Teron PX ATX PowerPC motherboard
« Reply #1 on: February 04, 2003, 07:40:58 PM »
Uh, isn't that practically the same Mobo? Not to be rude, but that's half the price. I appreciate that they want to make money, but what's more important, having 1000 users using an overpriced MOBO or having 10000 users with a relatively reasonable priced one? Gee, are we paying an extra 500$ for a dongle?
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Re: Teron PX ATX PowerPC motherboard
« Reply #2 on: February 04, 2003, 07:40:58 PM »
fyi,

800mhz G4 pre-order from my dealer...www.softhut.com  $879

so to answer my one question...

the 'name'  costs $380.
$380 premium for OS 4 certification.


As soon as someone is actually shipping, I will call this highway robbery....until then, look how the difference in cost on all this vaporware.

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Re: Teron PX ATX PowerPC motherboard
« Reply #3 on: February 04, 2003, 08:25:27 PM »
Gosh.
I haven't looked into this very much, but with the A1/Peg I thought the Amiga community finally could get rid of the overpriced Amiga hardware. Sure, I could pay a little more money for a MoBo that is _guaranteed_ to run OS4 (or MorphOS or whatever you're into) without quirks or crashes. But not this much!

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Re: Teron PX ATX PowerPC motherboard
« Reply #4 on: February 04, 2003, 08:31:05 PM »
$380 for a boot rom lol  priceless,

If it is true it will show how much them bastards are ripping the users off,

I wonder how many Amiga users are going to defend this SCAM.
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Re: Teron PX ATX PowerPC motherboard
« Reply #5 on: February 04, 2003, 08:43:07 PM »
Teron PX ATX PowerPC motherboard, YDL: $499.00 + Shipping

AmigaOne-XE m/b w/ G4 7451@800MHz cpu 500.00 +VAT & Shipping

The AmigaOne doesn`t cost much more, and includes an OS4 licence.

The £800 pounds that someone quoted was for a G4 Starter System not just the Motherboard.

Given all this, I really don`t think we are being ripped off.


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Re: Teron PX ATX PowerPC motherboard
« Reply #6 on: February 04, 2003, 08:44:18 PM »
>I wonder how many Amiga users are going to defend this SCAM.  

Well, I Will!

Read my previous post


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Re: Teron PX ATX PowerPC motherboard
« Reply #7 on: February 04, 2003, 08:48:28 PM »
BTW,

The system that TerraSoft are building with the TeronPX is called "Boxer"!!!!!!

Are they taking the P**S!?!?!?!

 :-P


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Re: Teron PX ATX PowerPC motherboard
« Reply #8 on: February 04, 2003, 08:49:16 PM »
AmigaOne-XE w/ G3 750FX@800MHz cpu
= £528.75
= $872.42

872 Dollars not Pounds
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Re: Teron PX ATX PowerPC motherboard
« Reply #9 on: February 04, 2003, 08:49:58 PM »
(edited post about pounds and dollars because Paul got it first)....n/m
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Re: Teron PX ATX PowerPC motherboard
« Reply #10 on: February 04, 2003, 08:52:39 PM »
@CaptainFrank

From eyetech's website:
AmigaOne-XE m/b w/ G4 7451@800MHz cpu £500.00(ex vat) £587.50(inc vat)

The only thing is that $499 = £302 (approx) so including VAT that is £354

So (in theory) that is about £230 for the dongle and OS4 licesnse.
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Re: Teron PX ATX PowerPC motherboard
« Reply #11 on: February 04, 2003, 08:52:58 PM »
Marketing Expert?
you should have mentioned AOne: 500 UKP (not $)

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Hey I was the fourth not even among the medallists ;)
   
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Re: Teron PX ATX PowerPC motherboard
« Reply #12 on: February 04, 2003, 08:56:02 PM »
Opps,

Missed that one somehow....

Boy, don`t I look stupid...

 :-(


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Re: Teron PX ATX PowerPC motherboard
« Reply #13 on: February 04, 2003, 08:59:51 PM »
Hi Frank

Keep in mind that Eyetechs price is in British pounds not usd.  £ 500 = $ 824. (EDIT: OK, I was way to late pointing that out! :-)
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Anyway the Teron is not able to run OS4 and when you pretend to order it on their site it says G3-600mhz on the "view shopping cart" page.

So are you sure the 499,- is with a G4 (I doubt it)???
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Re: Teron PX ATX PowerPC motherboard
« Reply #14 on: February 04, 2003, 09:00:51 PM »
OK, picking myself up from my previous posts on this subject...

> The only thing is that $499 = £302

True.  however, it never actually translates like this does it?

I mean, we in the UK are always being ripped off,  a $499 product is usually sold in the UK fo £499.

Isn`t this always the case?

I feel sorry for the people in the US who are paying for the board to be sent to eyetech, just to be sent back to the US.

Or am I being my usual stupid self?


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