Another Retro Computer returns from the ashes

[Fransexy_]

Compared to $1500 pounds that Amiga will cost you....

OUCH...that stings.

Holy thread necromancy!



Very well sir, I accept your challenge!

I see your 1Ghz A1, and raise you (drumroll please)

The Pandaboard!

Complete with dualcore ARM A9 1Ghz cpu, 1Gb of Ram and a display chip capable of outputting 1080p

All for $174 + shipping!

Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go find something to mop up this puddle of drool.

I don't think he meant it that way - I think he was simply comparing this over the X1000. Something I should point out the article does too.

No offense, but... we don't care how you spend your money. We care how we spend OUR money and 1,500$ for cost of ownership is too much. I'd love to invest in Amiga again, but not at that price. I just invested in a MorphOS machine a 300$. A much more reasonable price.

Two cents.

Are you comparing the price of a motherboard alone to the price of a complete system with case, and with PCI-e, PCI, XORRO, SATA, IDE that the other do not have?

Are you comparing (EDanaII) the price of a second hand with new hardware?

Well why do not we compare Kilometres with liters for that matter? *rolling eyes*

[Fransexy_]

Futhermore, you are comparing the Price of a Cpu used on a devices (mobile phones) that only the last 2 years sold more units that computers in all the history of the personal computers

[Fransexy_]

@ FranSexy

No, dude, I was comparing cost of ownership to cost of ownership. Which is the bottom line for many of us here.

Then, You can buy only the cpu and it will be more cheap and you own it *rolling eyes*

[Fransexy_]

For just a little more money you can get this "Smarttop":



The specifications are as follows:

Freescale i.MX515 (ARM Cortex-A8 800MHz)
3D Graphics Processing Unit
WXGA display support (HDMI)
Multi-format HD video decoder and D1 video encoder
512MB RAM
4GB Internal SSD
802.11 b/g/n WiFi
Bluetooth
SDHC card reader
2x USB 2.0 ports
Audio jacks for headset
Built-in speaker

As something to refer to, I think it will actually kick some "Sam" butt performance wise!

There is also a "Smartbook" (Netbook based on ARM) that is built on the same SoC.

Video: See the Smartbook running!

These products are the result of a cooperation between Genesi and Pegatron (think ASUS), and they will be mass produced. Genesi is currently building markets for these in numerous developing countries, like in El Salvador, where the Efika MX will be sold as "mobile phone" (bundled with a subscription plan). You can do cool things with this and built in GSM and GPS.

Target price for the Smartbook is around ~$300
Target price for the Smarttop is around ~$200 (only ~£13 more than the above mentioned Beagle board). You can actually buy it now already, not mass produced, for $250.

And yes, I think there might be a RISC OS port coming...

RiscOS 5 also run on Touch Book



The specifications

    * 9.7" x 7" x 1.3" for around 3 lbs (with keyboard)
    * ARM Texas Instruments OMAP3 chip
    * 1024x600 8.9" Multitouch screen
    * Video output HDMI 720p
    * 512MB RAM - 8GB SD card for storage
    * Wifi 802.11 b/g/n and Bluetooth
    * 3-dimensional accelerometer
    * Speakers, micro and headphone I/O
    * 7 USB 2.0 (4 internal, 3 external)
    * 10 hours of battery life


http://www.alwaysinnovating.com/wiki/index.php/RISC_OS