This is not even a hypothesis; the cost of compatible HW + MorphOS usually is around 1/10th to 1/30 of of the price for an OS4 system that in best case is only slightly less powerful than the MorphOS one, and in worst case only delivers a fraction of the performance.
OS4 hardware is more expensive yup. It's also brand new as opposed to secondhand,
Ok my X1000 cost me about £2100 and given that it is the most expensive OS4 option I assume that's where you're getting your 30x figure. So are you saying that I could get a MorphOS computer for £70? Given that a license works out to be about £90, I assume that you know someone that would give me a computer to run it on *AND* £20? They're very generous, I'd love to meet them :-)
As for performance, can you show me your comparable benchmarks from an X1000 and your secondhand mac which you based your claims on? I'd be surprised if my PCI-X graphics card is less powerful for instance.
I await your figures with baited breath.
Karlos and Itix are discussing the saturation of the OS4 market above. OS4 has been locked into an impossible HW situation, like... Forever! And even more so the last half decade! The only few people willing to actually pay those insane price tags for those ancient performance machines only to run something like OS4, did so a long time ago already! The OS4 license model depends on a constant stream of new users. But no new users are coming! They are all here already, and if anything, some are actually leaving! So they are breaching their "deal" with the current users that the next paid update would be OS4.2, and decides to charge money once again for OS4.1 through the seventh update.
Oh dear, mr logic has left the building again! :-)
So you're saying that your privy to OS4 sales figures, yup? Hyperion & co have let you into their inner sanctum? I also didn't realise that everytime someone stopped using OS4 that they called you directly. I'll bear it mind if I ever depart the scene, my duty to give you a call and let you know.
Are you sure that this tribute to a famous part of Father Ted somes up your rigourous research techniques?
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1ZOlISF5DnE/UyqnxwedU8I/AAAAAAAAHyY/2zbLayo85Ao/s1600/father+ted+dreams+reality.gif:-)
