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Offline OlafS3

Re: Would you buy a new PPC laptop, if A-Eon made one?
« on: November 26, 2014, 03:57:36 PM »
Quote from: Yasu;778289
Considering how little AmigaOS 4 and MorphOS demands of the hardware and still feel fast I could consider buying a really low end, low power consumption PPC laptop. Even a 400 MHz with 512 MB RAM would be enough. A 12" screen would also be enough (not 8", that's too small for me).

That might also attract people outside our camp. Some people just like a challenge, like getting the most out of such a weak computer. Not many people for sure, but at least enough for a bigger batch of laptops in one go, lowering the price.

Here is a thought: if A-Eon would make one, how about a kickstarter or similar? Then they would know how many computers people would buy and even getting paid in advance. It would eliminate the insecurities at least. Of course, if they can't deliver they have to repay the money (considering what happened with the last announced Amiga laptop).

I would chip in, but only if it was a pan-Amiga thing. I don't need yet another laptop. I would do it just to encourage cooperation between the camps. Which is something we desperately need.

Hmmm I just bought a Notebook with 2 cores, 2.70 GHz and 4 GB RAM for 300$. A weak PPC Notebook for several thousand Dollar would really make no sense

From me No
 

Offline OlafS3

Re: Would you buy a new PPC laptop, if A-Eon made one?
« Reply #1 on: November 26, 2014, 04:54:06 PM »
Quote from: Yasu;778297
For you, no. For me, yes. There are more thing to a computer sometimes than pure price and performance. Being able to run ones favourite OS is one such thing.

You wrote it could win new users. I do not believe that.

For you yes, for me no :)
 

Offline OlafS3

Re: Would you buy a new PPC laptop, if A-Eon made one?
« Reply #2 on: November 26, 2014, 05:26:30 PM »
Quote from: Wilse;778299
I've been out of the loop for too long. How well does 4.1 run on winUAE and does it matter which version of 4.1 you run on it?

I myself have no experience but you need a fast PC (i5 or i7) and you run the classic version on it