Commodore Amiga Mini

[Kesa]

This is a sham. The keyboard is clearly an Apple keyboard. I have been studying the Amiga keyboard for 10 mins and cannot find any difference between them apart from the labels for the Amiga keys and the function keys. The keyboard below is the one i am using right now and the two are identical. For example the "esc" key on the Apple keyboard is 1mm wider than the one below it and protrudes rightwards while being aligned on the left hand side. The keyboards are (almost) identical!

Edit: OK i found one difference.

[Kesa]

So what was barry's justification for charging such a high amount for the Amiga Mini? And what do you get for your money?

[Kesa]

Where did you find those values? Did you make them up? I would love to see some ABC numbers from Barry so i can play around with them...

Maybe he should talk with Trevor Dick as did some case customizing with the boing ball on his x1000.

[Kesa]

What is the purpose of the Amiga Mini? Home theatre? Industrial? If it is home theatre then why does it need an Intel i7?

If it is something like editing videos or whatever how can 2 2.5 inch hard drives provide sufficient storage capacity? The biggest 2.5 inch hard drive i have seen is about 600Gb whereas a 3.5 inch goes upwards of 2 Tb. Why would someone put a power house computer in a mini case?

My question is: what is the Amiga Mini supposed to be?   :confused:

[Kesa]

I don't understand the need for 16gb RAM. Especially as most user, unless they into video editing, probably won't even come close to needing that much. 6gb I can understand, 8gb at a push but everything else is wasted. Maybe even on a profesional level.

I agree. I'm guessing this is because ram is:

1 - dirt cheap

2 - an easy way to impress someone.

PS i'm having a massive takeaway fish 'n' chip craving right now  

[Kesa]

I don't know much about that stuff so I'll just take your word for it.

I also think the Bluray is a bit gimicky too. Why would you put a Bluray on an Amiga? I have a PS3 and you couldn't force me to use it, so how would you get people to use it on an Amiga? Bluray is nothing more than a gimmick. Kinda like 3DTV.

[Kesa]

I knew it was based on Mint but to actually see the Mint on setup is just shameful!

Forgive my ignorance but are those magnets worrying anyone being so close to the HD?

What i'd like to see you do is try out AROS and see how compatible it is. IIRC CUSA couldn't use AROS because although it is open source they still would have had to pay for sound drivers? Please try it so we can see why they didn't go with AROS and instead went with Linux.

[Kesa]

Crit, what does it say in your sig? Did you sell your A600 and got an A1200? I thought you loved that thing!   :confused:

[Kesa]

I have sold it, or in the process of selling it. While I do not wish to dwell, it would bring a tear to my eye, it was time for us to part. I am getting the bits together to pimp out a 1200 so needed the funding.
 
On a side note i worked out it would cost over £1k in vat, shipping and handling fee's to get cases sent from CUSA to the UK.

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