Alan Redhouse comments on the A1-Lite

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From AmigaWorld.net:

"... The pictures published on the Soft3 website are of the first pre-prototype version - there will be 2 or 3 revisions before the actual production version is ready. The first step - this board - is basically to shrink the A1XE board to a mini-ITX formfactor and make sure it works properly. Then the other chipsets and connectors will be added and that series of boards use for developers to port OS & applications. It will also be used to demonstrate capability - and hopefully gain some significant orders - in the industrial markets that we and other dealers are targetting (display controllers, kiosks, etc). ..."

Read the whole article Here

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Yes, people:  Please READ the article then post.

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yeah, interesting huh. In the first story, there were complains about the old standard they saw on the prototype board, guessing about the graphics chipset, complains about only USB1 and no Firewire. I posted this as it stated what the end spec would most likely be as stated by Alan Redhouse. Can't find anything to say about the specs and now arguing about the licencing. It's not likely to change. Your at least 6 month away from finding out the price.
Didn't like the specs on the SE and XE. Well, this looks much more promising. Maybe they will update the specs on the XE.
Let's get back on topic.

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Well, then you also have to take into consideration production margins, price per board is dependant on how many are produced. Especially, when talking about small quantities. There is also supply and demand. And lastly markup, everyone from the raw materials source to the retailer wants there slice of the pie.
Do you know how much the Amiga, Inc. Royalty Fee is per board? Show me the contract with Eyetech. How much do you think Amiga, Inc. gets out of every $800 XE board sold?