The AmigaOne is NOT "just a Teron board"!

[Paul_Gadd]

Eyetech are a complete joke and most other amiga shops are a complete joke, They get standard hardware stick a "Works with amiga" badge on it and sell it for something daft like 6 - 8 x  the price for exactly the same product just because it works on the amiga,

Just look at the prices of PCI cards,  cables, cdrw drives,dvd drives, ide harddrives, ide leads and other standard every day hardware on eyetechs website and see how pathetic the waste of time amiga shops hide behind the "Works on amiga" nonsence just to try and screw the obsessed die hards out of silly money.

And with eyetechs shoddy tactics it would not supprise me if the A1 board was actually a cheapish board with some little modifications then they bang a extra 200 EUR,GBP because they know the die hards will by any old tat just because it will run AOS.

[Paul_Gadd]

Have you helped saving AmigaOS and a free PPC hardware market today?

Nice page, comments on there are spot on,

Some nice quotes

"Please don't kill the Amiga off with restricted hardware!"

"yes this Amigaone is a DEAD DUCK, Who is going to pay loads of money for a slow restricted piece of junk!!!!!!!!!"

"Amiga is a software company, it makes no sense to restrict the hardware choices."

"get your arse in to 2002 instead of the 90`s"

"If AmigaOS wants to live, it has to be flexible...."

"Just give the buyer/user a great OS that will run on the users' choice of hardware."

"This will definately put the final nail in the Amigas coffin"

"if you want the AmigaOS market to grow, then please use every chance to!!"

"Your being crazy, THEWORLDS going open, and YOUR closing the doors!!"

"Is this what I've been waiting for all these years? Don't strangle a market that's already choking..."

"Don't alienate your target audience!"

"I'd just like to run os4 on the fastest ppc hardware i can find. nobody likes to be limited."

"You sure took a long time to kill the Amiga. Bastards"

"It's not 1980's any more,"

"I won't buy closed hardware."

"No crippled computer wanted"

"Please don't kill the Amiga (again) before it's had a chance!"

"Please, don't kill what's left of the Amiga community, please be more cooperative"

"compatibility is the future, proprietary is the past"

"Shooting yourselfs in the foot is stupid and will finish what little is left of Amiga once and forever"

[Paul_Gadd]

Right on! Eyetech's prices are a total rip...they didn't design anything, they're just profiting on cheap hardware and calling it 'special for the A-1'...I don't care what they sell and call A1, I just wish they'd all be a bit more straightforward and drop the Capn' AmeriCo attitude

Spot on, Eyetech think by saying something works on a Amiga gives then the right to increase the price where they are making something crazy like 900% profit on various standard hardware which is DISGUSTING, and what more is disgusting the main die hards think Eyetech is the best thing since sliced bread and are worthy of amigans support,

The sooner Eyetech shut down or hopefully go bust the better, the amiga users do not need a shower of ####e 2 bit mickey mouse company like them GREEDY RIP OFFS on the scene,

I will not and never have supported Eyetech and never will, the quicker people stop supporting CROOKS the quicker they will DIE OFF.

Rant over

[Paul_Gadd]

@Glaucus

Exactly how much cheaper? And does that include the CPU? And where can I find a dealer to place an order? What's MIA's web site???

I am talking about standard hardware (nothing Amiga,  like Amigaone, zorro, mediator, clock port adapters etc etc)

Eyetech are rip offs and thats not make believe that is FACT, if you dont believe it just price compare any NON Amiga specific hardware and see how much they screw amiga users because "It works on the amiga" and other shady sales tactics,

If you want to support CROOKS then do so but dont expect people who can see behind the "oh but its an amiga shop and deserves our support" attitude,

[Paul_Gadd]

Or PCWorld which has got to be one of the most expensive hugh computer shops in UK but Eyetechs prices are a lot higher but hey  you will not want to price compare or say anything bad about Eyetech because they are a Amiga company.

If Eyetech was not a amiga company many people would not touch them with a bargepole.