$799 Pegasos II ODW; 200-Euro Peg I to Peg II upgrade offer

[gary_c]

An upgraded version of Genesi's Pegasos II ODW is available at a lower price of US$799 for a limited time. The 1GHz G4 Pegasos II comes with 512MB DDR RAM, 80GB ATA100 hard disk, dual-layer DVD±RW drive, etc. The ODW is installed with a number of operating systems and applications as well as a complete toolchain. Assembly and shipping will be managed by Directron.

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200-Euro Pegasos I to Pegasos II upgrade offer

Owners of Pegasos I boards can now upgrade to a G4 Pegasos II for Euro 200. The returned boards will be donated to the Skole Linux effort. Or, for an additional Euro 100, the Peg I owner can keep the board rather than return it to Genesi. Those interested in the offer should  email sales@pegasosppc.com by 30 June, 2005.

[bbrv]

Thanks Gary!

Thanks Wayne!

:-)

Let's go for it!

R&B :-D

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[djbase]

This is a great offer for everyone who is interested in the next PowerPC Generation.

[Framiga]

payment in advance . . . . brrrrrrv! :nervous:

[gary_c]

payment in advance . . . . brrrrrrv!

What do you mean? This is a typical payment/delivery procedure. Don't you normally pay at the time of ordering when you buy something online?

-- gary_c

[Framiga]

never . . . in Amigaland even less.

COD its my key rule.

[System]

This is a typical payment/delivery procedure.

Absolutely agreed when you're actually ordering a product which has already been created and is ready for delivery.

I believe in this case however there is a tendency for people to equate "payment in advance" with "pre-pay" which has been an overly-abused scam for years in the Amiga community where you may, or may not eventually see the product you paid for.

Wayne

[System]

Not even Apple is interested in the "next PowerPC generation" so the idea of spending $799 for 2003's generation PPC machine (G4) is humorous at best.

Wayne

[dammy]

Poster: Framiga  Posted: 2005/6/13 9:41:44

never . . . in Amigaland even less.

COD its my key rule.

Why?   Your pretty damn safe with using a credit card.  The deck is always stacked in the favor of the consumer (and against the merchant).

Dammy
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[redfox]

IMHO, these sound like good deals for anyone interested in Pegasos II ... :-)

[x56h34]

I almost bought one of these, however I got turned off by the UPS shipping. $799 for the system + $23 for shipping + $200 for UPS brokerage fees (aka please bend over so that we could stick it up your arse fee). :-(

If they only offered USPS.

[gary_c]

Absolutely agreed when you're actually ordering a product which has already been created and is ready for delivery.

...Which seems to be the situation here. A guy posted at Morphzone that he'd just ordered one of these on June 9, and four days later posted screenshots and photos of his machine, so apparently they are shipping as soon as the order is received.

-- gary_c

[djbase]

Not even Apple is interested in the "next PowerPC generation" so the idea of spending $799 for 2003's generation PPC machine (G4) is humorous at best.

And? I am still using an A1200 which is much older.

[System]

Hi Gary,

I guess my point wasn't that it was a pre-pay scheme, just bad wording, easily mis-interpreted considering the number of people who've been ripped off before.

I don't know the situation with these systems, whether pre-paid or ready-to-ship.  I don't really care, because it's not as though I'd ever waste that amount of money on antiquated technology (especially now that Apple has pledged it soul to Intel).  

I was just clarifying to the original poster and your reply about the normality of paying for a product versus it being a "pre-pay" situation.

The fact that anyone in this millenia doesn't understand that you have to pay before receiving a product is a bit mystifying.  

However, it's not as though the Amiga community needs a reason to mis-interpret anyone's words.  It's a natural gift for most I believe.

Wayne

[System]

@DJBase,

So your defense of overpriced, antiquated hardware is that you have nothing better?

I will admit that $799 for a complete machine isn't a "bad" deal and it's definitely a step in the right direction, it would be a lot better deal if it were  realistic hardware and not early 2003 specs.

For the same $799, I could build a hell of a PC, or even buy a top-end Mac Mini which may still run a G4, but has modern USB and other modern stuff.

(I do not intend to disparage bPlan at all.  I understand it's impossible for a small shop to keep up with constantly updated hardware specs, but at the same time, they can't claim "small shop" and "competitive" in the same breath).

Wayne