@dammy
I agree with you about AROS. It seems the Amiga should have followed the AROS route, and run on stock X86 hardware. Can you imagine, you could buy a new 'Amiga' for about $300 and it would still run like a dream, since Amiga operating systems (MorphOS, AOS & AROS) have such low system requirements.
It's not technically the most elegant, compared to PowerPC, but is this detail worth the exorbitant price difference? Even Mac motherboards don`t cost this much.
True, there's the thorny issue of quantity. Profit and return of investment has to be divided between far fewer customers then PC parts. While eyetech's Alan envisaged a larger market for his mainboards, I cannot really see his point. If electricity consumption is an issue, boards such as mini-itx offer laughable consumption (they can run off batteries!!) with 101% PC compatibility.
Having said that, I'd still buy a Pegasos or an A1 once the future is clearer. The former seems to be beutifully engineered, and if OS4 is ever released for it, it'll be a more attractive option. But I can't help think about the missed opportunity that was X86 - OS4.
see ya ppl
