Commodore Amiga Mini

[commodorejohn]

Oy. And CUSA continues in their long and glorious tradition of astonishingly poor Photoshop work...

[commodorejohn]

For the kind of money they ask, it oughta be...

[commodorejohn]

I'm missing the joke here, what's the difference with the keyboards? I mean, besides the wonky numpad/trackpad thing?

And $2500 for a kitbash HTPC? Dream on, Barry, dream on...

[commodorejohn]

Oh good Lord. I was hoping the numpad thing was part of the Photoshop...

[commodorejohn]

Maybe the manual is printed in unicorn blood?

[commodorejohn]

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...

Well, IIRC correctly in order to get an explanation of the pricing from Barry you have to fill out a questionnaire about your sex life...

[commodorejohn]

Well, that's certainly what it sounded like. Then again, as I'm sure we all know by now, Barry says a lot of things.

[commodorejohn]

Oh and for those that are interested the pic of the box came from here http://www.computercloset.org/CommodoreAmiga1000.htm and leo just slapped their 1000x ontop.

Quality craftsmanship: a CUSA tradition!

[commodorejohn]

It's like watching a shell game where the con man keeps lifting up the shell to check which one he left the ball under...

[commodorejohn]

Unlike Apple, we have learned from past experience that our early  adaptors should not be our beta testers. To show our heartfelt  appreciation to them, we will for a limited time, continue to offer our  early adaptor customers special introductory pricing, first edition  special configurations and free worldwide shipping, as you will soon  see.

Or in other words, "having pissed off a sizable number of the only people to have given us money in the first place, we're trying to lure them back for another overpriced generic x86 box by cutting a deal."

[commodorejohn]

$2500. The price of an X1000.

I've only had the one beer, I am reading that right, right?

[commodorejohn]

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

A cash sink?

[commodorejohn]

Seeing the Amiga moniker on a new computer is like learning that a young guitarist has decided to perform under the name Jimi Hendrix. It’s presumptuous at best, pointless at worst and unlikely to delight Hendrix fans.

Or to put it another way: I knew the Amiga. The Amiga was a computer of mine. Amiga Mini, you’re no Amiga.

I heart TIME.

[commodorejohn]

No, Time by ELO.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3U52sP25ynE[/youtube]

[commodorejohn]

Oh Jesus, somebody bought one? Don't encourage them!

[commodorejohn]

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.

Supposedly they're also forbidden by AInc from including an Amiga-like operating system with their products (or is it just with "Amiga"-branded models?) But if they won't spare so much as a buck for software they actually do use, I'm sure that they'd never in a million years have sprung for sound drivers.