It's overpriced, emulates Amiga, and yet is still more powerful and cheaper than the X1000. And unlike the X1000 it isn't running a processor with a dead end road map.
Overpriced depends on how much it cost to make but it is more than I would pay (or you obviously). However I have no issues with others buying it or indeed with it's very existence.
I said OS4 is about as much an Amiga as AROS and MorphOS. They're derivatives of Amiga, just like OS4, that have been around longer but don't get the same respect from some people in the community because they're not carrying the Amiga name and currently being sold with $3,000 computers running off of 10+ year old technology.
Yes, they are all derivatives, I used that word too and it's a fair thing to say. As for AROS and MorphOS not getting as much respect, I must disagree. I have a great deal of respect for such efforts and I think many others do too. By the way, MorphOS hardware is a bit dead-end too, not an immediate problem but one that will need addressing. Do you really think OS4 gets more respect? It's got a fair few haters too I'de say.
I said Amiga users would be better off not setting themselves up for failure and disappointment supporting another failed company using the Amiga trademark. Yes, that would include CUSA. However, CUSA never had much support from the community and just like A-Eon, ACube, and Hyperion ...Amiga, Inc. and Bill McEwen still profited off of them through licensing fees.
Oh I see. Well yes I'm sure they did, sadly Amiga Inc. don't seem to care who they licence as we all know . I must admit we are often let down by the promises of companies using the Amiga name but OS4 is as legitimate an Amiga derivative as MorphOS and the X1000 is at least an attempt at new hardware for said OS even if it is pricey.
So does that make AROS running on an x86 or MorphOS running on a Power Mac less Amiga for not running on an expensive $3,000 computer using an out-of-production PowerPC processor?
No, never said it did. In fact if CUSA had actually supplied all their "Amigas" with AROS from the start they may well have been received very differently.
What makes a computer using an ATX motherboard, PC power supply, and a PowerPC processor an Amiga device when Commodore never produced a single PowerPC based Amiga?
No, but (as you well know, or should) PPC hardware came onto the Amiga scene before the demise of Commodore (though not by much) and was well received at the time. The Blizzard PPC boards received rave reviews at the time. I get kind of sick of these sort of comments, I remember those days and PPC was seen as a natural path that gave Amiga users a huge power boost. Commodore may not have made a PPC Machine but they did allow others to make PPC accelerators and a lot of people at the time expected the Amiga to go in that direction.
Of course you don't. You just expect a company to put money into research and development to design a computer using a processor with a dead end road map that they can't mass-produce all so you can feel like you own the latest Amiga device.
Not at all, I expect nothing but the Amiga to suffer a slow and painful death, sad as that is. I HOPE that this will not be the case. As for owning the latest Amiga device... that's not me at all. I just don't have the problem with others doing it that you clearly do. For the record I'de buy a SAM over an X1000 any day and I haven't done that yet as I have other far more important things to buy (A 3D printer and a laser cutter for a start).
No, it's a video game console for homebrew development. A Steam Box is a line of computers being made by Valve that will include either their Stream client or StreamOS, and be released sometime around the end of 2015.
I assure you I am well aware of what a Steam box is, I have over 150 games on Steam and growing by the week. My point still stands however, I cannot see any serious in-roads into the home for the Amiga anytime soon and I see no reason at all why a video game console for homebrew would really make a difference. There are plenty of homebrew kits for existing consoles already, what is your unique selling point?
IMHO I think Natami was the most interesting project for a long time (hardware wise). Sadly .. well I'm sure you know that's not looking at all likely now.
Let's be honest, as things currently stand the Amiga is a small hobby market and nothing more, It's unlikely to ever be anything more again. Like so many others who own genuine Commodore machines and remember those halcyon days this breaks my heart.
I will say this though, I seriously think AROS will outlast all the other Amigalikes in the end but either way the choice yours to make. Yours, mine and any other Amigan. I'm OK with that, I wish all Amiga derivatives luck for the future and that includes OS4. As for X1000, well if you don't like it don't buy it but don't hate on others who do, it's their cash.
