AmigaOne X1000 Beta Test Team and Program

[dammy]

750 Euros deposit on a Dev mobo? Why didn't they just get the 100 Dev mobos and then advertise them to OS4 Devs and beta testers and skip the deposit?  Or is the required deposit more of a trial balloon to see what future sales are going to look like?  I do like the bit no one will be considered a end user if they are chosen.  Will that mean EU consumer laws do not apply?  I'll take a guess that will mean that the consumer release, those buying these Dev mobos will have to pay for that OS release.

[dammy]

This is nothing but a 75,000+ EUR fundraiser targeted to the broad public. They obviously need money (which is a bit troublesome in my eyes). So they sell their undeveloped thing by prepayment and the condition that you won't be treated as a consumer, you sign away your right to complain about the product, and they can sue you if you still do it in public. What a scheme...

Let us not forget this is JUST a DEPOSIT.  How much do you think A-EON wants, HALF down maybe?  So if it's half down, total discounted price of these Dev mobo will be 1,500 EUROs @ for Rev 3 CPU/mobo.

[dammy]

See the trolls are hard at it!

Yeah, damn trolls only announcing a partial cost in a pre-pay scheme. The nerve!

[dammy]

Not a deal I'd be willing to sign on for, that's for sure.  My time is worth money.  Are there 100 desperate souls out there?  We'll soon find out...

No, the question is, "Are there 100 desperate RICH souls out there?"  If the deposit is 750 Euros, one could wonder just how much the total will be at shipping of the product.

[dammy]

But they will cling onto expensive hardware as long as they can.
 
There is no money is making a x86 port because
 
1)  will  not sell many
2)  Will be pirated
3) No money from over priced hardware

Well, I think OS4 should be always just for PPC.  However, problem for OS4 is that Hyperion/A-EON will never sell that many.  There is no money for hardware that won't sell regardless how over priced it is.  If they don't have sales, they don't have to worry too much about piracy, no one will want to pirate it.