Well, i'm willing to venture some guesses Wayne.
>1) Why have we been waiting on Eyetech
>2) What does Eyetech actually have to do with it?
>3) Why are we paying a substantial price premium to Eyetech for the AmigaOne?
To design a board, build a prototype, debug it, wait for OS4 beta to be ready, send it to that 'far eastern company' for production, etc.
As I understand it, MAI only produced a proof of concept board in the Teron's. The A1 SE and eventually XE are different creations. MAI isn't into mobo design, just the chipsets and from what i can see there are a number of differences between the Terons and A1's. Enough to warrant a whole new name at least. Correct me if i'm wrong (please) but the MAI site shows a very different board from the Eyetech site. Both Arctica chipsets yes but things diverge from there it seems. One has 3 PCI slots, another has 4, etc.
But about that price premium.. I'd like to know too. I don't have a clue where to begin. If $600 is right and they are flogging the A1 at Eyetech for $550 then i dunno what to think. Anyone have some solid numbers for us to chew on? Anyway, hey they are a business right, i didnt expect they would work for free. Still, that dosen't mean i dont want to know how big a cut they are taking either.
Ivan
