To high of prices on new boards

[smerf]

Hi,

Just went browsing through the Amiga Stores looking for a new modern board to buy, I think the Amiga stores are charging to high of prices for what you are getting. For $900 some dollars I can buy a whole PC computer today that would outshine anything that they have up for sale, and I am talking about a whole computer, not just a motherboard. I was just wondering how many Amiga people out there didn't buy because they looked at the price and said "I can't afford that", and then after that giving up hope on getting a new modern day computer just gave up and went away, after all we all can't afford that much money just for a motherboard, it is just plain insane. Going to look at a raspberry pi, or a new nuc board, at least there price is reasonable and maybe I can do something with it, plus they are faster then anything the Amiga dealers are offering out there for a 3 times  or more lower price.

Now I know some one is going to say "But the Amiga is a specialty computer, and there are so little of us that is why the price is so high".

Well all I have to say is "If the price was lower, like $900 some dollars, for a whole computer they just might have more buyers, and more people back in the new Amiga game".

What do you all think?

Let the flame wars begin.

smerf

[smerf]

Why did the prices come as a surprise?
They have been high since the first PPC boards (blizzard/cyberstorm).

Trolling maybe?

No, I am not trolling, look at Amiga.org, doesn't it seem to be getting smaller, I mean less people, more people are giving up and going away. Now I love my hobby of the Amiga computer, and I would love to see more development not only for the classic Amiga's but for a newer faster version, with better graphics and sound. To me even today, I enjoy using the Amiga more than I ever enjoyed a PC, when you really look at it, some of the programming programs for a PC cost as much as a new minimig, that is why I don't program on a PC, therefore the PC is just a browse the internet, play the newer games, complete entertainment system for me. In other words it has replaced my stereo, my TV, my gaming consoles, and my calculators.

The Amiga could have improved and done all this 20 years ago, if someone really took initiative to get her done, but most companies just took her to the bank and made tons of money off the Amiga, then left her to die. Even today I just see more companies trying to make a fast buck off the Amiga and we take the bait and buy there under engineered processes for a high price.

The only way we are going to get anywhere is quit praising under engineered efforts, and ask where is this going and how is it going to help the Amiga community get back into the main stream of computers. So far the only real true efforts I see is AROS and (ok I am biting my tongue real hard on this one, ouch this hurts) MorphOS. Why do I say this, because for the price they are asking and the effort that they have put forth is truly worth it, and I am planning to invest in both of them in the future. (why a apple product, please look at IBM's new ppc computers, I think they are still with them). but even though I rant and rave about apple, the mini mac is an apple and it works.

So no, I am not trolling, I am just stating facts. Going to also look strongly at the fpga replay board, trying to find a price on it today, to see if it is just another under engineered product for a high price, if it is less then $200, I might consider it.

[smerf]

Hi,
I understand most of what you all are saying, but I still think that if someone would lower their price so that they could sell quantity this might draw more people back into the Amiga scene, I have looked at the fpga board and sort of like what I see. What I am thinking is get a bunch of people to buy whatever, and then get programmers together to make programs, and then get a rag going to accent our new device. Commodore did this in the C64, and the Amiga. They had to give software support, and then magazine support until the click became the bomb. With the Amiga they had the world by the basketballs and let it slip away to the winblows scene. Bill Gates saw what he wanted in the Amiga, and slowly moved the PC from what it was to the Amiga and then above it. If you ever seen pictures of his office, there is an Amiga 1000 sitting on one of his book shelves in the background, rumor had it that he was very jealous of what the Amiga could do, and made plans to build something better, which as we know became the modern day PC which today is a true entertainment system that can replace game consoles, movie theaters, TV, stereo, calculators, and rendering farms.
Well just hoping that something breaks us back in the forefront soon.

smerf