FS: Cyberstorm PPC -DEFECTIVE-

[tone007]

I used, until about 7 months ago, my Power book g4 ( which retired after 2 years of heavy use and abuse) and my powermac g4 as my main computers. They are definitely not new, but calling them too slow to use for everyday is an insult. My PowerMac G4 has been my longest lasting computer
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The Point is that G4s are far from inadequate, they only show age on video conversion and ripping my DVDs, and they are fine for most daily work. Therefore I would see no reason why Eyetech A1s couldn't be used for everyday, albeit at a greater bottleneck

Nice rant, but Vanilla was referencing a G3 machine.  Please don't try to defend the G3's usefulness as a daily use computer, now.

[tone007]

As stated in my post, I want to know why this hardware is seen as more valuable.

It's rare (don't underestimate rarity's effect on price) and it makes a classic Amiga do something it can't do without this particular piece of hardware.  Basically, it's the best CPU upgrade you can get for a classic.  

Pretty simple, really.

[tone007]

But when you stick in cards like this that's a moot point. If you have a 233Mhz PPC with a graphics card and a sound card you've not only replaced the Amiga main CPU to an extent but the custom chips are replaced by non-Amiga parts and most likely PC hardware parts.

Replaced is the wrong word, the custom chipset is still present and usable, you've simply added more capabilities to the system.  Now you can run the old classic Amiga software and newer software that takes advantage of additional hardware.

An expanded Amiga isn't exactly an Amiga anymore. It just becomes a dongle to foreign hardware.

Complete nonsense.  An expanded Amiga is an expanded Amiga, capable of classic Amiga usage and beyond.