Would it not be sensible to base the OS design to work on a selected range of x86 mobos, and cards etc, giving the benefit of cheap/common x86 architecture whilst still having a fixed hardware platform?
Sounds like they have to sort something which is comercially viable soon to keep this project going, as i think everyone will admit - the amiga enthusiasts are the only people who are going to buy any new amiga systems for the forseable future?