Just as the original reason to develop OS4 on the PPC platform was to stay true to those who shelled out for Cyberstorm and Blizzard cards??? (There's only a handful of these PPC cards in existence!)
What a stupid idea that was - Hyperion continuing to invest in a platform that mainstream manufacturers have moved away from.
The way I see it, ACube and the Amiga market are way too small to produce these boards in large quantities at a resonable cost. This is preventing the Amiga from becoming a cost-effective platform.
If anyone at Hyperion had an ounce of business sense, they would adopt the hardware platform that is able to:
a) run their software - OS4 has a small footprint and x86 is more than capable for the task
b) put the Amiga within reach of the masses
If Hyperion pick a few decent models of x86 motherboards (of various spec) and bundle their software with those, then they will be able to support the product.
At the end of the day, it's Hyperion who needs to survive for the Amiga to survive - not ACube.
Fransexy_ wrote:
Do you realize that money that you spend on macmini is not invested again in Amiga.When all the PPC macs will be outdated who will make new hardware? apple? At least with SAM the money will be invested again in Amiga development.it´s expensive, yes, but is better give the money to a company that will develop Amiga products; if not, where you will get new Amiga products when all Amiga hardware companies bankrupt because nobody bought their products but bought products to another company that never will invest a penny on Amiga?
