Amiga PCs on the way....

[Tripitaka]

Who say they can't? As we just have seen, one does not exclude one other!

Has the Natami team even asked?

Maybe Commodore could make an "AIO" computer out of the Natami when it's finished? That would be super cool! A Commodore Amiga with real but updated Amiga style HW, in a A1200 styled case!

I'd buy one!

Who says they can't? well I didn't, in fact I think that would have been the smartest move, that was my point. The fact that you'd buy one goes to show that at least for one customer (you) it would have been the smartest move, they would have at least one sale. I intend to buy a Natami too, and an Amiga sticker on it certainly would not put me off. An Amiga labelled machine not running an Amiga OS however, they can keep that. I know it could run AROS or UAE but as I've said before, so can any other x86 PC.

[Tripitaka]

..and if you think the PPC issue didn't affect Apple when they changed platforms, ask them how much they spent on development to get OS X on x86.

Lot's, I think you will find the total cost was in the hundreds of millions (at this point I'm half expecting Bloodline to give us an exact figure).

[Tripitaka]

Where at all possible I know I do. Which is why I don't buy Coca Cola, Nestlé or Kraft (the new owners of Cadburys).

I could give you a whole lot more to add to that list (and you'd probably end up as a vegetarian in the process) but kudos from me on a damn fine start.

[Tripitaka]

It was much more work for them to port NeXTStep to PowerPC in the first place, and that did take a few years. Moving OSX from PowerPC to X86 was not so much work - the central parts of the OS had been running on X86 all along, the trouble was alot more about having all software providers move to X86 as well.

Fair comment. It was probably the last bit of this that cost the most, I've tried to find the exact figures but sadly I failed.

[Tripitaka]

I use mint sauce as a lubricant.  

Tripi's tip time:

If you paint a wolf,s head on the wall and point the sheep in that direction they push back harder.....
....so I've heard.

[Tripitaka]

But to get back on topic....

I don't care how many stickers anyone sticks on an x86. It's still not a bl**dy Amiga.

I'll keep my money for SAM and Natami...
...and if I'm going to buy another X86 I would probably get the new 27" Mac, at £1400 with a screen on it worth the best part of a grand it's the first Apple that I've been truly tempted by.

[Tripitaka]

Tbh I quite like the Asus all in ones. Except for the fact they're all using ATI. ATI drivers on Linux is even more of a hateful experience now than it was 5 years ago.

I've not used Linux much to be honest. I keep going back every now and then to give it a go but I can't avoid Windoze. I'm an OU student and need to use OU software, my vinyl cutter has crap linux drivers but solid Windoze ones too, and so on. Having said that I don't try too hard to have the latest spec, I just don't need it. X86 and Windoze is for compatibility as far as I'm concerned.
Amigas (SAMS and Natami included of course) are for pure fun but the more I can use them the better.
I'm going to need another PC soon however, something portable to plug into an astronomical telescope. Again, Windows has a massive amount of high quality and mostly free software for astronomy and cheap hardware to  run it on. Closer to the time (Febuary 2011 at the latest)  I will take a look at other OS offerings in this field but I think a Windoze solution will be hard to beat, the amount of free software available for astronomers is truly breathtaking.....
...I'm pretty sure the PC will not have an Amiga sticker on it however. XD

[Tripitaka]

Not going to be an ATI for long, the brand name is getting phased out. By the end of the year Radeon and FirePro will be under the AMD brand instead. This will only effect new products I should hasten to add, older lines remain ATI.