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Amiga News and Community Announcements => Amiga News and Community Announcements => Announcements and Press Releases => Topic started by: Kees on September 06, 2003, 01:59:59 PM
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The Pegasos II will go on sale soon. The first limited production of the Pegasos II will be for 600 units. Here is the way we are going to do this:
1. 100 Pegasos II G4s will be reserved for existing Pegasos I G3 owners on a first come first serve basis. Individuals will be sent the new Pegasos upon receipt of 200 Euros and must have registered for the SuperBundle and 1.4 upgrade to be eligible. They will be provided with the information required to return the Pegasos I. There will be a 35 Euro shipping and handling charge, which includes both delivery and return. If the exchange occurs through a valid Reseller the charge is only 10 Euro. It is our current feeling that this exchange should be handled exclusively through the PegasosPPC website by the Resellers or by the Pegasos I owner. The upgrade option will always be available to Pegasos I owners, but only as designated quantities are available.
2. The returned Pegasos I G3s will then be turned around and be available EXCLUSIVELY through the Phoenix Developer Consortium again on a first come first serve basis for 99 Euros plus shipping and handling. Phoenix will provide a special log-on to the PegasosPPC site to facilitate these purchases.
These programs will require prepayment and delivery time may be as long as 30 days.
All the rest of the Pegasos IIs to be offered will be sold through Resellers or Pegasos PPC, but only with the complete registration information provided for each unit sold BEFORE shipment. We must do this to facilitate SuperBundle and MorphOS upgrades. The SuperBundle will double in size before the Pegasos II release and we need to make sure our accounting system is correct and managed appropriately.
>From this production, we will offer 50 Pegasos II G4s and 300 Pegasos II G3s on a first come, first serve basis. The prices are 299 Euro for the G3 and 499 Euro for the G4. Reseller prices will be determined individually depending on the history of Genesi¹s relationship with the Reseller concerned. Our preference is our option. Some will get more consideration than others. This is still a limited and selective market and we will favor some Resellers over others based on past performance and our perception of each Reseller¹s support for the platform.
This production will be the last ³family² production run, that is for this Community. After this production all sales will occur through PegasosPPC and be focused on the broader market. Approved Resellers will have a special log-on and purchase page. The first commercial production run will be for 5000 units. This production will commence as soon as we are satisfied everything is ready for the "big time." For example, we will add AmiTCP/IP to MorphOS.
Just one more notes...
IBM will be making a joint marketing statement/Press Release with Genesi on the release of the Pegasos II. We fully expect the Pegasos II will be authorized to ³wear² the IBM PowerPC logo. ;-)
Expect more News soon!
Best regards,
Raquel and Bill
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2 thumbs up on this information bbrv and crew, sounds good!
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Hmmmm
Phoenix .....
So could I do this:
Send 299 (+tax, shipping, whatever).
Get a Peg2-G4
AND keep my Peg1-g3 ? :-P
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@Kronos:
What do YOU think? ;-)
Seriously, this sounds like a great offer to me! Two great offers even.
Cheers,
Ron
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@Ron
I also see that I could save me 25Euro through a "valid Reseller".....
Now THAT would be a reason to make a trip to Rotterdam (for that show) ;-)
Do you have a present for me ? :-D
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Hi,
Please note that all prices are excluding local VAT...
Cheers,
Ron
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@Kronos:
There will be multiple presents at the Benelux Show :-)
And multiple valid resellers there with a booth!
Cheers,
Ron
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How about a few things to go with this announcement like:
1. pics of a prototype board
2. finalised spec sheet
3.chipset docs
etc
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Hi Turambar, sorry, no details until the cake comes out of the oven. :-o
Here is our sales pitch: the Pegasos II is better than the Pegasos I -- buy it and find out why!
:-D
No further details will be available until the joint press release with IBM.
Very best regards,
Raquel and Bill :-)
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great news to hear, Pegasos 2 is turning into more of a reality every day, good to see you and all the people associated with the project are working at it , and I hope mine comes with the IBM stamp on it ;-)
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@Kronos
No, but you can send your 299 euro and get a PegII-G3 and keep your Peg1. In fact, that is what I am planning.
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@downix
*grummel*
but me wants G4 :-x
Seems you will have another Peg1-April1 soon ......
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Majorly fantastic! :) You guys are awesome!
:-o :-o :-o :-o
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@Kronos
I don't think so, since you forget in your calculation the additional 99 Euro Genesi would get from re-selling your exchanged Peg-1 board.
And even if someone would then expect at least a discount of 100 Euro (200 Euro from upgrade offer minus 99 Euro for re-sale of the exchanged board), I'd doubt this, since it would still mean a loss for Genesi: re-selling your old board to a Phoenix developer benefits them more than one developer having several Pegs.
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/me beats Senex
Read again, 299 + tax allready included those 99 for the Peg1.
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@Kronos
/me accepting beat and buying glasses...
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tee hee :-D
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Goal!
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Shakes head in disbelief... This is not happening...
I must confess I'm almost entirely satisfied with my Pegasos I. Now I dunno what to do...
How long it has been when I was pondering over which option to choose instead of waiting, waiting and fiddling my fingers?
If all this is true it's almost unbelieveable :-)
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Hoy! : }
<--greenboy---<<<<
coordinator & facilitator-at-large
Phoenix Developer Consortium (http://phinixi.com)
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Any idea when this IBM press release might be? it's a bit much to just say "hot new hardware coming soon!" and refuse to elaborate, you know...
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Hi CodeSmith...the press release will occur when the Pegasos II is officially released at the moment of the maximum promotional benefit!
R&B :-)
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bbrv:is the cake in the oven at merlancia ?
or is it like this, its vapor atm and can't be taken pictures of?
this is the first time you dont flash us with pictures or whatever , and that smells fishy!
but then again, this is the proper way so maybe you have learned at thats cool..
good luck on it!
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@bbrv:
Oh, come on! you're killing me here! :-)
No news at all? :-?
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Ah, CodeSmith,
We just can't make it up fast enough for ya! ; }
But we are doing our best : }
<--greenboy---<<<<
coordinator & facilitator-at-large
Phoenix Developer Consortium (http://phinixi.com)
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no details until the cake comes out of the oven.
Shouldn't that be the Microwave oven...? :-D
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Congratulation BBRV and Genesi
Things are moving forward.. With each step we take we are getting closer to realizing our goals. Keep up the faith and good work. Here's to the future!
magnetic
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Now I'm wishing I had the US equiv. of 99 Euros and alittle more spare time for coding. Owell. Maybe after I graduate and get a job. October 24th seems so far away!
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This is great news! A G4 Peggy "deuce", the
perfect early Christmas present...to myself..! :)
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or is it like this, its vapor atm and can't be taken pictures of?
It's not vapor, it's real. But we're saving all the words and pictures up for something really special.
this is the first time you dont flash us with pictures or whatever , and that smells fishy!
Well, when you play with the big fish...
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2. The returned Pegasos I G3s will then be turned around and be available EXCLUSIVELY through the Phoenix Developer Consortium again on a first come first serve basis for 99 Euros plus shipping and handling. Phoenix will provide a special log-on to the PegasosPPC site to facilitate these purchases.
So that would that I as a non-developer type could also get a PI/G3 for 100EUR?
...tempting...
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quote]Poster: -D- Date: 2003/9/7 3:14:10
This is great news! A G4 Peggy "deuce", the
perfect early Christmas present...to myself..! :)[
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The very best kind! :) :-D
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ROFL IBM joint announcment... ROFL!!!! too ####ing funny guys.... you kill me....
sKy
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No doubt like this one: http://www-3.ibm.com/chips/products/rfit/mai_logic.html
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Poster: DaveP Date: 2003/9/7 15:42:34
No doubt like this one: http://www-3.ibm.com/chips/products/rfit/mai_logic.html
And the AmigaOne is located where on IBM's site?
Dammy
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And the relevance of your comment is?
Dave.
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I personally quite agree with the "no news until release" type stratedgy because it avoids the inevitable flame wars that occur due to released information which later turns out to be inaccurate due to whatever reason (new developments or whatever) although in that case I would think the PegasosII would not have been mentioned at ALL until release!!
Since everyone knows about the PegasosII already KNOWS about the Peggy2, I feel that some further information may as well be given out as well to satisfy people's impatience (which can also be a dangerous thing)
But there we are, maybe that's why Bill Buck&co are managing things there and I'm not ;)
Wish u all the best anyway - but personally I hope the A1 still kicks it's ass :PPPP
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Its nice to hear good news buts its really bad to get news without contents. Its sounds a bit like other "exciting" statements. I really hope there will be real and good news soon.
Waht could " the moment of the maximum promotional benefit" be?
I do hate such vague empty annoucements! I am really waiting for the new real machines... I would like to get one ;)