A1222 For real??

[JimmiG]

Supposedly, it might come out in October this year. The boards themselves have existed for at least 1.5 - 2 years and were available to beta testers, but OS4 development isn't exactly known for being speedy.

[JimmiG]

I think the issue is overblown. FPU's aren't useful for most regular computing, and even then, emulating instructions shouldn't be a big deal if done right.

I guess we'll find out once the NDA's are lifted, since no one is allowed to talk about AmigaOS on the A1222 at the moment. I don't know why they have NDA's for such a niche platform...I guess it makes the 4 people that are beta testing it feel important, when they can keep secrets from the 7 people that are planning on buying it :lol:

[JimmiG]

Hmmm - what do you mean by 'regular computing'?
Gaming?
Surfing and writing e-mails?
Or what?

For me 'regular computing' is e.g. using productive software like 3d-CAD (e.g. DynaCadd; mech. engineering), CNC, rendering of 3d photorealistic scenes and animating them (e.g. Maxon Cinema 4d), robotics and the like...

And as far as I'm aware, most of them require FPUs or at least gain massively from using an FPU...

Yes, regular computing would be emails, word processing, listening to music, watching videos, light photo editing etc. 3D rendering and engineering software are exactly the type of niche software that benefits from an FPU. But that's not "regular computing". Maybe it is for you, but not for most computer users and certainly not for the target market of the A1222. Surely you realize that?

Although if there's enough demand for it, I guess the software could be re-compiled for the A1222 FPU...It does have one.

The X5000 would also be a poor choice for 3D rendering etc., especially under AmigaOS as it doesn't support SMT. You'd get maybe 20-30x the performance from a $400 8-core x86 CPU running Linux or Windows. Even more if the tasks could be accelerated by a GPU. If you're a professional, you know time is money. More projects completed in a shorter time means you earn more...