What is the purpose of the A1? Is it in ANY way related to the classic Amiga?
Hardware wise, No, it's not related. Considering the last efforts of C= were back around 1991, that's probably a good thing.
The fact that the core Amiga OS (re-written to work on PPC processors) works on the AmmigaOne hardware DOES make it related, as far as I can tell.
I've copied over backups of programs from my A4000 onto my AmigaOne and they have run just by clicking the icon (FinalWriter), or with a little bit of editing (Thor). Even Voyager (the browser) runs quite well, although rumor has it that Vaporware will not develop anything for OS4. Too bad, Voyager is nicer than IBrowse, IMHO. But that doesn't mean there won't be a PPC browser for OS4.
The fact that these Amiga programs run very nicely on an AmigaOne tells me that the AmigaOne hardware must somehow be "related" to the Amiga, too. (contrary to some of the implications above)
When the micro A1 is released, it might well take care of the price issue mentioned by one of the Peg fans above.
BTW, my A1 is running with a Radeon 9100 and Soundblaster Live 5.1 very nicely. It's at least as stable as my patched and kludged '060 A4000, and generally faster, even though the OS is still beta (pre-release).
Paul
