Hey I'm new here, just want to keep the Amiga thing alive.

[NoFastMem]

James wrote:
DEAD HORSES!!! w00t w00t!


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Don't take it bad.. I posted the same kinda thing at first and got served the same old "drop it already" crap that is a staple of the miggy community since.. well since forever now. The best thing to happen to the amiga in ages is the minimig, look it up!

Right, an actual product as opposed to the thousandth forum newbie who things (s)he has all the answers, and that if we just e-mail enough people the entire business world will re-adopt a platform that lacks even basic security features.

[NoFastMem]

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The base unit kinda looks like the Freedom Tower mockups. Not sure if you've been watching current trends but as the CRT has died there's less justification for the monolithic PC tower and people seem to be turning to Shuttle/cube/mini type form factors these days. For the first time since the 80s, when everyone just used their home TV as a monitor anyway, base unit design is starting to matter again.

The keyboard looks horribly cramped for a workstation.

The positioning of the branding is very slapdash and the logo itself too awkwardly retro. Remember the class the original Amiga had with its italicised serif?

Finally, who wants a square screen...?

[NoFastMem]

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David Childs really made a mess of freedom tower IMO, which version of the freedom tower are we talking? There are literally about 5 that were at any one time ... getting built. Daniel's designs I think were better and more integrated but we will have to wait and see whether the Childs/Silverstein inspired vision getting built looks any good. Still some of the treatments for the podiums look quite interesting.

I'm thinking of the one with the main tower as a twisted obelisk shape that looks like one of the old WTC towers if you view it from the right angle. The concept images were ridiculously shiny!