Lets not forget though that even the SAM 440 was called too expensive by most. Certain hobbies have a certain unavoidable cost of entry. When I paid $500 for a used PegII (G3 mind you) intrinsically it was not worth $500.
New PegasosII/G3 boards costed 299Euros in 2003 (around 320 dollars with old exchange rate) and G4 model costed 499Euros (around 540 dollars with old exchange rate). That was 7 years ago, when euro-dollar change was good for USA people but what I mean is that in 2003 a PegasosII-G4/1Ghz costed new 540$. That was *seven* years ago, that's why Sam440 looks expensive to some of us.
