i did do some research mate, but i couldnt find a price anywhere. hence i came here, i apologise for asking questions 
As far as I know, you are free to download and try it, but it won't run for more than 30 mins until you buy it.
I don't think the price is unreasonable. The amiga has always been a small volume (and thus expensive) hobby. OS4.1 doesn't cost much less than that (I paid about 100UKP) and unless you already have a compatible machine to run it on, is probably going to end up costing rather more than MOS2 with a second hand mac mini.
If you want a free Amiga OS implementation for newer hardware, you should give AROS a try.
