There's no real choice. The Amiga could not compete on the x86 platform. There is simply no room. The company(ies) that run the Amiga now rely on hardware for their present income. There is no economically viable way of selling PCs - because the big companies are already doing it. So if its not x86, where then? PPC is the closest "rival", so its a natural choice. Without these Amiga companies, the AmigaOS would become a migrant - no stable base, and no future - and there is no money in selling emulators or OS's, since this is software and most people expect them to be free.
So I should pay 200% for 50% of the machine simply because Amiga dealers can't figure out how to gouge the price of an x86 machine? More than likely Amiga Inc can't figure out how to make money from it than anything else.
I've been quiet for a while because, well, first of all, I have been on travel, and secondly -- in all honesty -- I wanted to see who would be the next one to blindly sit around and defend Amiga Inc's stupidity without actually being able to back it up. I don't think they make "cupie dolls" any more, but if they do, you would win the prize. ;-)
In regards to benchmarks, It's a VERY simple test. I think, if I am not mistaken, that Lightwave 5 was the last made for each of the platforms. Using that version and rendering the same object with the same light sources and settings would give you an EXACT benchmark of what each CPU is capable of. Luckily NewTek's already done this for us, and even the Macintosh with a G4 gets completely dusted by Pentium IV machines. The G3/600 isn't "competitive", it's pitiful. For those of you who bought G3 accelerators earlier, stick with them. for those of you who are paying the ransom for a "new" AmigaOne, good luck but I wish I had your disposable income. For those of you teetering on the line, you'd be better off and have a hell of a lot more support just buying a good (and cheap) PC and running BeOS.
// FarQ
