While I agree PowerPC was great until it slipped and slid in performance to the x86 especially the new multicore 64bit processors, I don't think this issue is Hyperion putzing around.
Altering the Mac OS to run on Intel took a LOT of work, time, manhours, effort and that was with an existing userbase and a functioning parent company along with income from other businesses (iPod and music sales, mainly the latter which is like selling air and getting a cut for it since you dont have to 'produce' anything but a reusable server infrastructure to make the transaction happen).
Hyperion has a real issue to look at where AmigaOS is already mostly written for PowerPC so try to improve it there, or try to do a total rewrite and abandon every piece of existing software, in effect releasing a new OS on an existing platform which already has three mainstream OSes kicking each other in the privates over marketshare.
Really a matter of what can they do with their resources realistically and produce product.
That all said, I'm not jumping up in my seat over the announcement of this 'new' AmigaOne. When I want my Amiga fix I have Amiga Forever, my 4000, 1200, CD32, 3000, 600, CDTV, 2000, 500, 1000, to play with and right now best way to get a fast Amiga in real hardware is the MacMini I bought to run MorphOS. I really think Hyperion needs to get Amiga 4.x running on this instead of trying to get folks to buy new more expensive hardware.
