Hi AmiDelf,
Amiga 6000 for example:
AAA+ custom chips
3D customable chip
ColdFireV4 220MHz
Kickstart 4.0
USB 2.0 as standard
PCI
AGP
SD-RAM
New 92 keys Amiga keyboard
Please answere with respect and give the will and write your thoughts and
dont think cheap ways. AmigaONE, Pegasos II++ is all cheap. People have
forgotten how nice custom based computers was. We all waited for over 5
years. But nothing!
I can't speak for the AmigaONE (having not ever examined the board in person),
but the construction quality of the Pegasos is not something I would associate
with "cheap", it's certainly far beyond anything I ever bought from Commodore.
If you mean cheap in the sense of "off the shelf", I don't think it's necessary
(or finacially prudent) to continually "re-invent the wheel"...especially when
ATI - for example - will still do it better..
People have forgotten how nice custom based computers was. We all waited for over 5
years. But nothing!
Well, I agree to an extent...it was nice back in '89, when the Amiga's specs were
still (somewhat) on paar with other platforms...it was definately a capable
machine, no doubts. But a custom design that also happens to have *inferior* specs
from the rest of the market may be a hard sell in 2004 (as in '94). And speaking
of, who would you sell it to? You need a large customer/developer base in order to
sustain ANY platform...who will design the chips? who will make them? who will write
the OS? And the cost of designing and producing the type of system that you're proposing
is going to far exceed the amount most will be willing to pay..
Personally...I like being able to choose exactly what hardware to buy or not, I love
the Cooler Master and Radeon I just bought!!
From an "enthusiasts" perspective, I would much rather continue to just toy
around with my old Amigas from time to time if I feel the need...and save the
Pegasos for a "reasonably" up-to-date hobby/fun system.
But if you're REALLY going to follow through with something like his...I wish
you good luck...and at least consider some better specs. The Coldfire and SD-RAM
would make it an automatic "strike" on my field.
