adolescent wrote:
A G3 probably could have sold in 2000, but it's just been too long.
The G3s they made back then were clocked a lot slower and had a lot smaller cache. A moder PPC750 series processor does quite well. Also the AmigaOne has an upgradable processor socket so when the 750VX (with Altivec) is released AmigaOne will be waiting for it.
The AmigaOne is a joke. Eyetech's marketing strategy seems to be to raise prices and lower specs, all the while not addressing bugs in their current designs.
If you're referring to the cache-refresh bug: That's a bug in the version of Linux that the old AmigaOnes shipped with. AOS 4 doesn't have a problem with it. If you're referring to the hard drive controller bug: That can be remedied by adding a hard-drive controller card or wait for the imminent fix that Eyetech is working on.
If you're referring to the MicroA1 having low specs compared to a full-sized desktop then why don't you look at Via's Epia series mini-itx motherboards. You just can't fit much onto a mini-itx board nowadays. Besides mini-itx motherboards are geared toward the embedded market, not the desktop market. They use G3 processors becuase they are 8 watt wonders.
