Good News Is Here (OS 4.1&SAM440 amigakit.com)

[Manu]

tonyyeb wrote:
Come on. You realise the mass production nature of Macs and PCs cannot compare to the low production of SAM boards. Plus Macs and PCs are the same technology now and SAM isn't like either. It has taken a lot to produce the SAM board where as Apple can use existing tech and make them into Macs very easily.

So true and still both OS4 an MOS are digging their own
grave deeper and deeper. I'd be surprised if 1000 SAM boards
gets sold. I would guess 250 max. 500.

[Manu]

corto wrote:
Great news ! New hardware was the missing thing for months/years.

To those that think it is too expensive and compare it to a cheap PC (nonsense !), what would be the good price ? Free ? Honestly, I think whatever the price, you would tell it's too expensive. Certainly not more than outdated classics that can break at any moment.

Well it isn't nonsense. It's 15 years since a got myself
a new Amiga and it's 10 years since I stopped using them.
I still love running UAE and look back at the old days, and
I consider myself a potential "new" user.
But I'm also middle
aged, got wife and kids and lot of places to put money into.
Like somebodey else said you can't make xxx bucks disappear
in front of your wife. :-) Well that is just so true.

It's not so easy for everyone to cough up 800-900$ for a new
system that doesn't yet replace my PC I got to have at home.

So anybody feel the same ?

[Manu]

itix wrote:

*snip*

It didnt work with Commodore, it didnt work with Phase5, it didnt work with Amiga magazines, it didnt work with Eyetech either. Neither it will not work with Genesi or Acube. Now matter how much money Amiga users throw away it is never enough to keep companies running.

The Amiga market is inexistant and both Genesi and Acube and everyone else must find other markets to keep company running.

Very true. So skip PPC dependancy. Sandbox the legacy and
move along with what hardware is out there. The sooner
the better.

[Manu]

matthey wrote:
@Trev

 The Amiga fails again after all of us old school computer users fade away and I'm one of the faithful that might buy a SAM and I like the PPC. There is no future in the current direction. M

Darn wise words there, matthey. I feel the same. It's so shortsighted to not remove the hardware hurdle once and for all and start to grow.

It's a hobby yeah, but this time the hobby will die with us Amiga nuts who was there when they still were around. Once
the "legacy" (the people, us) in the community is gone then it's come to a definite stop. And then a port to x86 will do
no good.