I've been lurking around here for a long time, too.
Needless to say, the Minimig project is an amazing accomplishment. Great work, Dennis!
Back in the day, I owned just about every Amiga model ever made from the A1000 right to the A4000. I was also a Commodore-Amiga VAR dealer and a member of CATS.
Today, I really enjoy running WinUAE off my HP notebook. I was able to take the contents off my old Amiga 4000 hard drive and dump it into my notebook and pick up right where I left off. When I launch WinUAE in full screen 1280 x 800 mode, it's like my notebook is that portable Amiga I've always wanted...faster, more ram, bigger hard drive, etc.
Also, I have a friend who stripped out his Amiga 4000 and put in a PC motherboard, power supply, 1.44 MB FDD, CD-ROM, etc. He installed Linux and configured it all so that it boots right into UAE. So, you turn on the computer and a minute later, you have a workbench screen. For all intensive purposes, it is an Amiga. :-D You would know the difference unless you opened it up. Actually, you would because it's certainly faster than any production or enhanced Amiga and it's tricked out with tons of RAM, CD-ROM, ethernet, etc.
So, as impressive as Minimig is, I doubt I'd be purchasing one, enhanced or otherwise because it's just not going to do anything I can't do emulated. If fact, it's going to be a lot less functional.
If Minimig (enhanced or otherwise) was something mass produced with ASICs instead of FPGAs and sold for under $100, it's certainly something to consider. Otherwise, it'll be a very, very limited niche product.
I'm sure even Dennis realizes this. For a lot of people here, Minimig is a fun project and great learning experience but to think it's going to be something more is wishful thinking.
