The Future Of The Amiga - Where Do You Stand...

[orb85750]

If Natami is released, if the price is reasonable, and if it operates as planned, I think it will be a very exciting entry into this crowded "Amiga" niche world.

[orb85750]

The Natami looks like a neat system as does the minimig w/ AGA, but these aren't realistic systems for everyday use.

I'm not so sure that Natami couldn't be a decent machine for everyday use.  What essentials would it be missing if all goes as planned?

[orb85750]

I have even less interest in new hardware that emulates old hardware.

You mean FPGA?  What if it really were an actual next generation 68K chip instead?

[orb85750]

C-One, Minimig, Natami, C64DTV, all that stuff, not for me.

If it's not an actual oldschool 68k Amiga, I'll use UAE.

I don't see the point of a new 68k based system.

Some would say that the point is to jump in where Commodore left off and offer further improvements and seamless backward compatibility.  I'm not necessarily saying that PPC was a mistake or that x86 is not a possible future for Amiga.  Rather, I'm interested in seeing how far the 68K can go.  It's all Amiga as far as I'm concerned, but I'm personally most interested in 68K (at this time, anyway).

[orb85750]

I just think developing new hardware when the old stuff is still present and working is kind of pointless, especially if all you want to do is fire up games from 1987

But most of the new hardware under development, such as Natami, will offer many improvements over older hardware.  If you simply want to play some Amiga games from floppy, then by all means grab a cheap A500 off eBay.