The sad thing was, this is exactly what we were trying to point out to them right from the start, except they were trying to cover it all up.
They might have had a chance selling cheap PCs equipped with Windows and/or Linux and configured to play retro games right from the desktop... and stated just that.
All of this fluff about their own "OS" coupled with what was obviously rebadged existing hardware, marked up to skyhigh prices and configured/assembled by an amature was going nowhere.
Didn't they have one single person who knew something about the computer market working for them?
I'm afraid that Barry (whatever his intentions) seemed to think selling computers was like selling coffee tables: You by them as cheaply as you can, mark them up and resell them. Unfortunately the margins on furniture are not the same as those on computers and you don't need to provide 24 hour tech support on a sofa.
As for the lies, he makes Pinochio look like Mother Teresa.
There has been a lot of fluff over the OS. This comes from
their forum.
Unfortunately, incompatabilties were found with COS with the newer hardware, and a new version is in development.
Your computer can run a multitude of OSes other than COS, and it is regrettable, that at this point of time there is a requirement for your intervention and effort to install one of these.
The lack of a working COS, however, should not have prevented you from using your computer in the meantime with any number of free operating systems available over the internet.
I believe that at least a version of Mint is being installed on machines in the meantime.
I wish I could give you an ETA, but a more realistic answer is 'when it's done'.
I would be highly surprised if it is not available by mid November, a year after its launch.
Commodore OS (in its current incarnation) is provided for free to everyone.....and we are making best efforts to support our hardware.......
This is not the first time that they have admitted that something is wrong with the OS. I have seen a few other posts saying that they were having issues with it and were trying to get COS Fusion, basically a ubuntu build with a Mac like dock and some wallpapers, out to fill the gap. But now it looks like they are dumping that and sticking with just Mint.
The entire OS thing has obviously been far too much for them to handle and why they felt they needed it I don't know. They should have just done the original plan and dumped Ubuntu on them.
hi,
the amiga mini barebone is missing now too? that's incredible. Are they going to restore it or not?
Oh didn't you know the
Mio is the Mini mk2?
The Amiga Mio is more like the Amiga Mini version 2.0, rather then an entirely new product. They both have the same motherboard, it's just the Mio is IMHO laid out better and easier to work on..
Other improvements are the case design allows more airflow for better cooling, there is now a built in SD card reader, the eject button on the Bluray drive is functional, it comes with an IR remote and receiver, and not only does it handle a second hard drive, but we've already installed the cables and everything, so its incredibly easy to install a 2nd HD or replace the first one..
Must be really difficult working on a prebuilt machine lol. But I feel that they realised just how much of a pain it was to do laser etched stuff and probably thought it was easier to stick to pre-builts. Don't forget the Mio went from been the Vic Mini and Amiga Mini for a brief spell.
Who Cares!!!
We don't it's just funny. And besides this is in it's own little section now so why bother posting
