Is Amiga NG underpowered?

[danbeaver]

Is Amiga NG underpowered and that is why I don't want to buy one?
I hate to troll, but the new PowerPC systems are getting old or seriously old.
Any chance of us moving to an ARM platform?

What has been your experience with the Amiga NG computers?  The ARM chip based devices? Have you found specific OS4.1 programs that you believe would benefit from a more "powerful" ARM CPU?  Have you considered porting them to an ARM based device?

If you have not asked yourself these questions, then I think that would be the first step in any inquiry of this nature.

[danbeaver]

I just love it when someone wants something different, in a small sub group of platforms than the crowd. But only if spending the same that the crowd does. eg. I want that rare baseball card but throw a fit if they can't buy it at the price of the common cards. Amiga NG is small and unique hardware at the moment, yes it costs more money. That is the price of admission. Just support it or don't, your choice. I for one don't want to here all the people so surprised by reality and how unfair it is. Go use your PC. I am staying here and spending money to support and push forward my platform. Just go use Linux and open source apps. Then you can have some cool stuff that you don't have to pay for. Something tells me that the "I am never satisfide talk" will take place there too. Better yet go build your own hardware, software and apps and then you will have everything that you want just the way you want it. Or will you?

Wow, I didn't even see those comments in the thread!  I guess I lack perception of such detail.  Well, may the Lord Bless you at hitting the nail on the head.

[danbeaver]

Perfect - this post alone is enough for me to decide never ever buy anythig OS4 related, or any new version of PPaint. Your work is obvously moot, all the porting to C was pointless. Thanks for the entertainmemt, cheers.

Thanks for reminding me to update my Ignore list!

[danbeaver]

I am not sure why everything needs to center on "Power, number of cores, MIPS, and the need for speed?"  Is it the whole testosterone laden argument than "Mine is bigger, faster, longer, thicker, etc." than yours?  Why can't the world be "fast enough" for us? I remember hearing, "You can't always get what you want, But if you try sometimes, well you might find, you get what you need?"

Of course I heard, "Hey! You! Get off of my cloud" too...

[danbeaver]

@ Danbeaver
Power means nothing if the software is not written to take advantage of it.

Power Pc 604:
http://lowendmac.com/2014/cpus-powerpc-604-and-604e/
It is a respectable processor

And "With great power, comes great responsibility!"

So does Great Power come with software to take advantage of it?  Or is an over bloated operating system need Great Power to overcome crappy programming practices?

So many questions, so little time!

[danbeaver]

Think of how fast Blender would be on 2 or 4 cores?

Chris

Think how fast my home blender would be if I plugged it into 240V rather than 120V?

[danbeaver]

Wouldn't he die if he does that?

Yeah Mike, wouldn't you die if you stood back from the Bass-O-Matic?

[danbeaver]

Yes, the Safety Zone is right next to the Bass-O-Matic; too far out and the spray of toxic bass could cause immediate death or disability.

p.s., who asks questions like that, really?

[danbeaver]

Dr. Emmett Brown: Precisely.
 Marty McFly: Whoa. This is heavy.
 Dr. Emmett Brown: There's that word again. "Heavy." Why are things so heavy in the future?  Is there a problem with the Earth's gravitational pull?

[danbeaver]

I suppose that the IBM POWER8, (64-bit, hex or twelve core, 8 way SMT/core, 5.0 GHz, follows the Power ISA 2.07. Introduced in 2014)  just would never be able to catch up with speed of the ARM cpu.  I guess I'm just the old dog never able to learn new tricks.

[danbeaver]

I thought we were discussing how under powered the PPC CPU and its architecture were...   Not the price.

[danbeaver]

Why do you hate capitalism?

WOW! Were we discussing capitalism?  Oh, that's right, we weren't.

Will let's update that "list" a little more.

[danbeaver]

IF opinions were noses, then everyone would sneeze in your face as if only they had that the right to do so.