ferrellsl wrote:
That IS good news but the price of a SAM440ep motherboard is $691 US at current exchange rates. That doesn't include the price of OS4.1, case, power supply, hard drive, mouse, keyboard, or CD/DVD drive. At that price I can easily get a COMPLETE x86 system WITH a decent LCD monitor.
Unless Acube and Hyperion can come up with some kind of discount/bundle then OS4 on the SAM will remain out of reach of most Amiga enthusiasts.
Sad, but TRUE!
How can they justify $691 for the Sam mobo?
I just helped my Dad find a Core2Duo 17" iMac for $610 with wireless mouse and keyboard, and Macs are "feakin' EXPENSIVE" aren'they? Whole Dual Core 64bit PC systems with 19" or better LCD's can be found for around $450 to $500!
Sorry, but it just seems way out of the realm of reality when you can get an EFIKA mobo for $99, why is the SAM440 almost 7 times more expensive? Okay, it has a 64mb onboard graphics capability, but my 128mb Radeon 9250 was only $39 at Tiger Direct. I feel sorry for all the AmigaOS4.1 fans that have been waiting for this to happen and now are getting screwed again, just like the A1 owners did when they bought their systems. Do all our hardware developers think they can "Gouge the stupid Amiga users"!
End Rant: :madashell: