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Offline takemehomegrandma

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Re: Why no new hardware for MorphOS??
« on: January 28, 2011, 01:05:30 PM »
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Last night i was wondering why there is no new hardware for morph os, os4 has the sam440, the new460ex and when available the new x-1000


Because the hardware that MorphOS is available for is way, way faster, way, way cheaper than the ones you mentioned. MorphOS runs on mainstream PPC HW that is proven and very easy to get a hold of.

The Sam/X1000 route is nothing but pointless madness.

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yes i know there are the mac but all this hardware is old and used without any sort of warranty..


That old hardware is still much faster than the HW you mentioned above, you can have it repaired by any Apple dealer, or if you don't bother with that, you can easily buy several spare machines and still be *way* under the cost for one single, low performing Sam. There really is no problem!
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Re: Why no new hardware for MorphOS??
« Reply #1 on: January 28, 2011, 02:37:28 PM »
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why there isn't a company like Acube but for morph os instead of amiga os?


Because designing and building new desktop HW for a dead architecture (PPC) in the quantities of 100-200 units is a bad idea, especially if it's worse off than what's already available performance and spec wise, and at 10 times (or more) the cost?

The PPC Macs that MorphOS already supports (or might support in a relatively close future) represents how far the PPC *ever went* on the consumer desktop market. That's the edge, and the end of line. And now when the PPC is gradually fading into history, nothing new will beat those Macs still here.

Would be a far better idea for MorphOS to begin the migration process to ARM, IMHO! ;)
MorphOS is Amiga done right! :)