The Sam440 has lots of modern amenities... did'nt the price increase after the release of os4 for samm?
If I remember correctly rhe price was somethig like $550 at one point.
The current pricing is too high, even for specialty market like this. It should be 1.2 ghtz or MAYBE 800 mgzt the lowest for this price. Considering that a "specialty mac market" dual 2.0 ghtz g4 upgrade cards costs $389, this should have a faster CPU for the current price.
Os4 price is fair adjusted for infaltion and In line with what Commodore would charge for os3.1, os2.1 with roms and such. You did get a nice set of pro-designed printed manuals with Commodore though...
If had money to burn I'd get one just to support the dudes that worked on this. But emualtion on XBOX, PC, and Mac, serve me quite well...
That makes me think, classic support is very important. I just want to run my old games and apps on modern hardware. Not pay beyonf top dollar for new hardware, and software that is incompatible with everything I have...
Also due to the (10 year?) wait for PPC software and hardware availability who will even want to code for os4, even from a retro hobbyist tinkerer standpoint?
Certainly not at these prices. The target market is the uber hardcore Amiga geek and how many of us are there? Maybee 3000 or so, and fading fast...
Oh well now the high price makes perfect sense... :crazy:
http://www.geeks.com/pix/2008/HP5K.htmlThe above link with UAE or installed makes perfect sense...
