Any news on future release of OS4 netbook or on Natami?

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Any news on future release of OS4 netbook or on Natami?  (Hopefully not vaporware.)

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Anyone know why Natami is not progressing?  It seemed to be coming along so well for a while -- hoping it was the next generation Amiga.

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Natami lives and is being developed. I am one of the system testers. However the homepage and a lot of the promises about the system is the work of Gunnar von Boehn, who left the project several months ago. That is why the public activity on the Natami page and forum is low. Surprisingly few people wants to know actual facts about the system in its current state, they want to hear promises and propaganda. And with the guy willing to make propaganda gone - well, you get it

The Natami is most likely to resurface under another project name, with goals more in line with what the main developer Thomas Hirsch wants to do with the system. We will see if there will be further public updates or not until completion.

Thanks for the info.  I know there are many of us that would like to receive updates (of any kind) and are excited about the future release of Natami -- or whatever it's called at the time of its release.

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What makes you think it will be cheap?

http://www.vincentperkins.com/AmigaNG/netbook.php

"Announced at Amiwest 2011, Hyperion has began work on a port of AmigaOS4 to a Netbook device. Designed as an entry level all in one machine for Amiga enthuses and is be a low cost and low power entry to OS4 world. Not much is known about the device and its eistamted performace on such a low powered machine but t the very least anything that runs on the classic version of AmigaOS4 will run on this device and it is also hoped that the upcoming Firefox port, Timberwolf will run and be usable on the device. It is expected sometime 2012 but its been said that workbench already boots into the machine and drivers are being worked on so it may arrive as early as Q1 of 2012. PRICE: £250 to £500 (with OS4)"

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Let's just reserve final judgment on the OS4 netbook until amiwest.  Hopefully, there's some big news that catches us all by surprise.  (Yeah, I know.)

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Natami project is dead, or not?  Anyone?

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As dead as the mythical OS4 NetBook I'm afraid.

The FPGA Arcade on the other hand looks like it might start shipping in numbers one of these days.

NATAMI.... so much work, so much progress, so much hype -- such a waste if it's dead and buried now.