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Re: Amiga, Inc: Close That Open Hardware!
« on: January 11, 2003, 08:23:55 PM »
    What would drive someone to buy the Barbie and not the Teron board or the Pegasos?  The price would have to be incredibly appealing to accept the lack of an AGP slot and only 2 PCI slots.  Is it really for sale?  Software sells hardware....people keep forgetting this.  I know a lot of people that bought the Xbox to play Halo.  
   
    What I find hilarious is that people have professed that the Pegasos is so much more superior to the AmigaOne when in reality their specifications are very close.  Given that, the Barbie doesn't look like a viable contender in this market.  
   
     Oddly enough....I'm sure people would buy it if it ran OS4.0 and the price was right.  So here's a case where maybe the board designer should consider a license...unless the demand for the Barbie is already so high that a  few more sales to Amiga customers isn't worth the hassle.
 

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Re: Amiga, Inc: Close That Open Hardware!
« Reply #1 on: January 11, 2003, 09:45:25 PM »
So the Barbie isn't available and noone really has an idea of what it would cost.  It does look more for the server market as I agree that this is where the PPC has a larger application.  I could also point you to a board that is for sale that is based on the PPC8245 from ArtisMicro.  Ironically, it's an A3000 ;)