Eyetech site updated

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"The AmigaOneG3-SE will not be shipped to end users until OS4 is ready, but boards for OS4 developers and beta testers are already out in the field. "

?They are?, red, coder, and the other's ain't jumpin through the roof. I would not call sending a few to Hyperion and some other people as having boards for beta testers in the field  :-x

 :-P Wait some one in europe check behind Eyetech, mabey they've hidden them out in some farmers field  :-D

Well these are a long ways off, guess they've got time for G4's to become available

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im at a loss for words, therefore "SHWEEET!" i say.

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i think its just another way of saying that they agree to one trading it in, giving a buyer a sense of security in which they can feel at ease knowing they can buy the SE and trade it in as a discount for the XE when it comes out, because it will be available relatively soon afterwards. just substitute 'underwrite' with 'agree to'.

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What do they mean "underwrite"?
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'Underwrite' is a common insurance expression. It means that we will (under the circumstances we have outlined) guarantee the minimum secondhand value of an A1G3-SE board. We and other participating dealers will of course sell these boards on to new purchasers - as second user boards but with a full 12 months warranty - and obviously at more than the price at which we buy them back. That means that the market price of second user A1G3-SE boards will be above the trade-in level which we have set, so users will probably get more by selling them privately. But if they choose not to sell their boards privately, we will 'underwrite' the minimum trade-in value which they will get.

Of course this offer will only be available to users who purchase the A1G3-SE in advance of the AmigaOne-XE shipping. After that purchasers can choose the type of board which best suits their needs and budgets from the outset.

Alan

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(Mr. Burns) E-e-excelent. (/Mr. Burns)

I'm happy to hear of this. My personal AmigaOne purchase
may now proceed, eventually. I've got the money saved up,
I just need it to be at the dealer now. I've got a dev board
via Forefront to tide me over until then though.

Bill Toner
bill@prodatasys.com

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>is there really that big of an advantage of waiting for a G4 board? I see the
>Amiga One SE as a great value and a huge jump in performance. Why would I wait for the XE?

The main difference is the potential of Altivec. It will of course take a bit for
it to be supported buy something (and I don't believe the OS has to do it first, apps
can test the CPU type and offer some Altivec support themselves as well) And also the
option to update to faster than 600MHz chip. There's already faster G3's than that,
and it also offers the possibility of dual G3/G4 CPU modules, though that would
depend a bit more on specific OS support for the process scheduling per chip... And granted
that may be a while, btu at least it offers the possibility, in the event the OS should
go there before we possibly get a G5 motherboard, which would be better than a dualG4
with the current chipset.

And I personally just like to have the potential for future upgrade options.