unfortunatly no other amiga would come close in terms of usability for audio sequencing... none of them even with ppc upgrades (233mhz?) are really fast enough, thats why i never got one. let alone the onboard ide. (what are the requirements for hd-rec?)amiga one was closest but i was waiting till to see what panned out. then they disappeared! so did eyetech. i would like an amiga type os as an alterative as i've said for my purposes i don't need an amiga feel on it as already said thats gone along with jay miner... but its file system and way of working are welcome. and any new amiga is unlikely to have that "feel" either. better get used to the idea and move on. :-)