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Re: PC still playing Amiga catchup
« on: May 29, 2009, 02:56:16 AM »
You can make a pig fly given enough power..

And even if the hardware is good enough. The software may not be.

As for Amiga revival. The hw/sw is dead-on-arrival in the current market.  
The only viable niche is a netbook that makes the competition look like lead
weights. Esp if memory protection and premptive multitasking is on the table.

The core of the Amiga concept seems to be to make the most of hardware and
software for a price that many people can afford
. Keep in mind what
Jack Tramiel said: "Computers for the masses, not the classes"

There were some pretty impressive computer way before Amiga.. if your house
were made of solid gold :-)

So again max the hardware and software within a price mark that many can
afford. This will create a lot of developers. Which will attract more people..

Many Amigans also went with x86 + unix when Commodore did go p0ff.

So is there any improvement that would be groundbreaking for current breed of PCs ..?, that the big drone companies will miss even if you put in their face? ;)

Anyone seen this?:
http://alpha-400-mips-elonex-razorbook-coby.blogspot.com/2009_01_01_archive.html
In essence Intel, Microsoft, HP, etc., are kept alive as long as they could the old truism, "The computer you need is always US$ 5000." appearently Intel made Asus drop any cheap and small Intel Atom based computers.