I'm an outsider looking in. I have had a strong desire to run AmigaOS and MorphOS since they both started releasing. As someone who doesn't have a history with Amiga, I would prefer to get a PegII, to kill two birds with one stone, but I've missed a couple of ebay opportunities. I am not willing to pay the entry fee for a SAM with it's specs and price. I'm still running AmiKit on my Mac until I get my hands on some hardware.
1. If the Mac Mini port is so far along, why doesn't Hyperion finish and release it? I realize that it's a deprecated piece of hardware, but at least it's available, and it would bring new users and developers to the platform.
2. If you're gonna hang on to PPC, make the system cheap enough that people will bite. The specs of a SAM are embarassing compared to the $599 Mac Mini, or a $399 Dell for that matter. $1000 for a SAM system? Really?? and I have a hard-on to run the system, how are most people gonna view that price to benefit ratio? Charge $1k for a system, but include technology that makes it attractive at that price. You have to understand, that besides the Amiga faithful who have to have the latest box, and Amiga developers, this is going to be a hobby box for most buyers.
3. Why not x86? Nothing else would open up the platform for users and developers the way an x86 port would. If it's an issue of drivers, then limit the hardware you support.
I'm just frustrated. I've had an Amiga itch for the last decade, and I haven't scratched it yet.
Amiga, for as long as it hasn't been a going concern, still has this amazing community. NeXT and Be also spawned communities that remained after their respective demises, but not to the extent that Amiga has.
Hyperion has a product that has a built-in following but doesn't seem to do anything to exploit that and grow as a platform. Why would growth of the user and developer bases be a bad thing? As an outsider I don't get it.
