SAM 440 - What would owning one mean to you?

[KimmoK]

One of the reasons that I've not used Amiga for a long time is that my A4000 68k has become too slow for handling big amount of data. Also I would like to have a little more modern system with better screen resolution and 16bit sound.

There is no sense in buying a PPC accelerator for a 15 year old computer.

In the meanwhile I've tried Windows, OSX and Linux, they are slow and always on my way. AmigaOS is fast, small and simple.


And I remember when computing was fun.   ;-)


Waiting for my SAM440ep... :-D
(so far I got: A500*2, A600HD, A2000, A4000, AMD64x2 and a lot of older x86 HW)

[KimmoK]

about the cost when compared to Efika...

SAM+AOS4 700€ Efika+MOS 350€ (the nearest dealer)

Efika needs a display card (PCI or AGP card on a riser) which power/performance ratio is hardly any better than ATI M9. Efika needs 2.5" hard drive (they are very slow on all laptops that I've used).

SAM has two times more RAM, 4*SATA IDE interface, a lot faster CPU, a FREE PCI slot, DVI out and a lot of extra stuff that I might or might not use.

So, IMHO SAM is worth the "extra" price. (Surely if one could get 600Mhz peg1 betatester board+OS for 99€ or 199€ ... but those times are gone.)


(I will order MOS board someday, I just desided to go one at a time.) :-)

reading the thread further...

and btw.... x86 + AROS is an "Amiga" to me, I keep on checking when it easily runs natively on a x86 box, preferably AcerOne laptop (might not happen, but I would also love Amithlon kind of hosting for x86)

reading more ...

Sure, also I spotted the redtail board in bbrv's web blog. It looks interesting for a desktop/laptop/kiosk "Amiga".
Perhaps MOS and/or AOS4 will be available for something like that someday, now when they are not tied to any single HW manufacturer.

[KimmoK]

@takemehomegrandma

Both Efika and SAM are laughable if one compares their HW specs to a mini-ITX Atom system that I can build under 99$ to run AROS and UAE, so there is not much point in arguing...

But one gets a lot more in SAM+AOS4 than in Efika+MOS2, both cost too much if one compares to the world of x86 ((and are light years behind in specs))


another point for our niche machines:
If I keep my Athlon box running 24H/365d/year it costs me 70€ more in electricity per year than SAM or Efika. So our niche boards would earn back their extra cost sooner or later.