Again, Why didn't they port Amiga OS?

[dmac721]

   Just thought I would ask "WHY" did they not just port Amiga OS to readily available architecture??? Wouldn't it have been much easier to sell software than thousand dollar hardware?

[dmac721]

  Well AI cries "We need to have a cashflow" It would still be alot easier to sell a $99 software package than a thousand dollar system to people that aren't sure their money is a worthwhile investment.

[dmac721]

   So the reason they went ppc is because some halfast company built and sold like a dozen add ons, and they are basing the fate of the entire Amiga community's future on an add on half working, half useful piece of hardware that nobody except for a select few could afford in the first place?  Right?

[dmac721]

   10,000? Somebody lied. If they HAD sold 10,000 there would still be 10,000 in circulation. What happened to them, did they all break down or did people just throw them away? Of course they didn't throw them away, not when they could have EASILY sold them to another amigan on ebay for a couple hundred dollars.

[dmac721]

   @Waccoon

    :lol: Heheh I'm glad somebody see's the world the way I do, what's wrong with people anyway?

    @holley

     rotflmao! That's what I said too  :-P

[dmac721]

   It's not a matter of which hardware is better. I agree PPC beats x86 in most things hands down. It's not a matter of which is better, but a matter of target audience. A Corvette is better than a Geo. If I was trying to bring back Edsels, I couldn't charge corvette prices.

    It's just a matter of costs and if you make something cost less, more people are willing to buy. I'm sorry but you can buy a 1.6 ghz dvd-rw 512mb ram 80gb e machine for $399 at office depot right down the street. thats without a keyboard mouse and monitor, but how can you keep up with that? PPC is not THAT much better.