New batch of Sam440ep Flex

[Kesa]

Seems like a good price to me considering the cost of a PPC board.

Pointless sarcastic comments don't add anything to the thread.

I am tempted but I doubt m wife will allow it

You are not allowed to be sarcastic?  :confused:  You really need to stand up for yourself a bit more!

[Kesa]

Hey, where's TMHG? Usually by this time he's reminding the whole world why it's beneficial for us to buy mac mini's instead. So how many G4 power macs can one by for the cost of one of these...

I hope he's not sick. I'm getting worried.

[Kesa]

"Hey, where's TMHG? Usually by this time he's reminding the whole world why it's beneficial for us to buy mac mini's instead. So how many G4 power macs can one by for the cost of one of these...

I hope he's not sick. I'm getting worried."

Since you mentioned it...
I think you could buy 5 or 6 power pc macs for the price of the least expensive os4 board...  Or at least 2 or 3 really decent spec ones.

And remember, the benchmarks prove not only are those old power pc macs faster than any SAM board, they are faster than the x1000 which costs 3,000$+

I love amiga, I wish all flavors the best but talk about shooting yourself in the foot... Its ridiculous. People are allowed to be sarcastic when the prices are so ridiculous for 10+ year old hardware speeds.

I'm not sure about the relevance of benchmarking Amiga systems. The reason is that benchmarks don't take into account nostaglia and perception. These are impossible to measure using numbers so you can use all the benchmarks you like it doesn't mean much at the end of the day. Sure my macmini is cheaper, higher quality (debatable) and has higher performance when compared to the Sams but an Apple is still an Apple. All these little Amiga benchmarks prove is that i am not a robot but in fact a human being with emotions.

I love my Morphos but can't stand my mini because it's an Apple. Any ideas how to benchmark that? Good luck.

[Kesa]

@Kesa


How is some Acube or A-eon hardware more nostalgic than Apple? To be honest I dont see difference. If you want nostalgia go buy real Commodore Amiga 500.

I didn't say it was. But there is a difference. Apple takes away any nostaglia that's there but the Sams don't. Everytime i use my Macmini i am constantly reminded it is an Apple and i don't think the Sams would do this.

Also i said perception and not just nostaglia. These two emotions are very different.