Amiga September Executive Update

[seer]

Good news, but also with a little problem;

If they are going to sell Amithlon /A-OS 3.9 laptops with Celerons and P4's, aren't those laptops (and perhaps desktops) going to undermine AmigaONE/OS4 sales ? (As they are going to be faster)

This could be the moment of truth (sp) for an X86 based OS4...

And no, this is not a flame towards Amiga, I think it's a good thing..

BTW, everybody read the news on ANN about the Pegasos being on sale in Oct ?

[seer]

no as if that was the case then amithlon on pc's now would have that effect.

There's a difference by selling complete systems with Amithlon pre installed (Amithlon V1 isn't an easy do it yourself installation) and just selling Amithlon in Amiga shops.. Besides, Amithlon isn't on sale legally now  :-( . Not to mention the "few" PC's Amithlon is able to run on correctly.. (Doesn't seem to like the Parhelia I have at home, or most of the (newer!) OEM PC's we use at work..

& a laptop is a laptop & most ppl want a full system & a laptop is second.

Lots of people want an Amiga laptop, and wanted one for a very long time...

Come to think of it if there was a laptop with Windows on it and it would outperform (CPU/GFX and maybe even soundwise) any Desktop PC with Windows on it I guess a whole lot of people would buy that laptop, and ditch the bulky desktop..

[seer]

I see a desktop Amiga (AmigaOne or Classic Amiga) serving a different role than a laptop Amiga (or laptop pc running Amithlon). IMHO, the desktop/tower system would usually be a more permanent setup with various peripheral devices (printer, scanner, speakers, etc.) attached to it. The laptop gives you the freedom to move around and setup quickly. Generally you would not have the other stuff with you.

Normally I'd agree with the both of you, but if you use a laptop with a docking station you can have a permanent setup with various peripheral devices (Even a big 21" flatscreen if you want) and use the same desktop on the way..

Why I brought this up is the idea that these laptops are going to outperform the AmigaONE/Pegasos... With all the bitching about speed isses lately, well you know..

In my mind, a desktop Computer should outperform a laptop, if there from the same timeframe.. (I'm a sick minded guy, ok ?  :-P )