This is interesting.
A lot of people have been posting on the "contacted china, and a batch of minimigs" threads that they'd pay "anyhting" for populated board.
Also the builders indicated that it might be well over €100 for a board, maybe even €200.
I see that many had the expectations to a pro company that they would be able to have bigger runs, lower costs and a more pro finish (casing and psu=. But realistically, they still have their overhead, required warranties (local consumer laws etc) which statistically runs the price up.
I'm going to buy one. Not on this months salary, I've gotten myself another amiga kit. But this year I'd get one. And I'll get it from ACube.
It's steap. But it's at the same time fair. It's the cost of wanting something only 500 people in the world wants, but cant be bothered to build one self.
And as for the DIY aspect of the Minimig. Yes, it's mostly about that. But now I get to build a case, wont I?
It's a nice starter project for one who has only broken things by taking a soldering iron to them
