I understand your point of view, but there are some arguments to be made against C-USA. I mean, sure, they are "bringing the Commodore/Amiga back", but are they, really?
I'd have to say yes. They are making a physical machine with a specific OS. Are they using off the shelf Hardware? Yes, they are. Is the OS based off a preexisting Kernal? Yes, it is.
But doing it this way means they are not starting from scratch which would cost much more money. It also means faster updates and upgrades.
From some perspectives, all they are really doing is taking standard x86 PCs and putting a Commodore logo and case around them with a special suite of emulation software pre-installed. Workbench 5.0 sounds interesting, yes, but the question remains of if it will remain true to the old Amiga Workbench.
I think what you just said is what makes the difference. It is also ambigous. If you by a Dell, Compaq or any other PC, you get Windows. What do you think will come on this CUSA machine? NOT Windows!!! it will be a custom made enviroment which sounds like it will run Amiga native software transparently.
I mean, really, the whole thing comes down to one's personal opinion of what makes an Amiga an Amiga. Is PowerPC Amiga? Is AROS Amiga? Or is Amiga simply 68k with the custom chipset?
And that is the problem. There is no one "Amiga" anymore. You could even go further and ask if PPC is Amiga. No Amiga company MADE a PPC processor...
So, I can garuntee not everyone will like the final product. There will be "problems" with the choice of hardware, how things are implimented, does it have MUI built in... whatever. CUSA cannot make it so everyone will like it. What they can do is create a competative piece of hardware that might actually make it onto a store shelf and get into the hands of people who need an OS that has support and ISN'T Windows...
My 2-bits...
