Hyperion announce 12" Netbook running AmigaOS - due end of Q1/2012

[commodorejohn]

Uh, do we actually know that those are the specs, yet?

I will say, though, that I don't think a 400MHz machine is as underpowered as most people think. I've just started getting a 500MHz PowerBook G3 whipped into shape, and even running OSX on 512MB RAM, it can handle just about anything short of Flash/HD video. If this turns out to be a G4 derivative (especially at 800MHz,) it should actually be pretty capable.

[commodorejohn]

Certainly is getting on through Q1/2012...

[commodorejohn]

Buying used Powerbooks from nobs on scumbay is opening the door to all manner of madnesses. You get the decade old crud, pay for MOS and the machine dies two weeks later then what?

Actually, the New World PPC Macs are some of the best-built computers I've encountered. I've owned close to a dozen of them and only ever had one die, and that I'm pretty sure was due to accidental static discharge when I upgraded the RAM.

Not that I'd be opposed to picking up a modern PPC laptop to experiment with, if they do achieve a better price point than other OS4 gear, but I'd still put a G3/G4 PowerBook up against a Chinese netbook any day, when it comes to sturdiness.