Any news on future release of OS4 netbook or on Natami?

[Kesa]

What makes you think it will be cheap?

[Kesa]

I was going to make a Scottish joke but that would be inappropriate.
So I guess the answer is; unrealistic expectations.

What was the joke out of curiosity? Anyway how can a scottish joke be inappropriate?

I think they will put the cost up and up until they realise that it will cost waaaayyyy too much and drop the project altogether. But that's just me.

[Kesa]

http://www.osnews.com/story/25251/AmigaOne_X1000_To_Ship_by_Year_s_End_Amiga_Netbook_Announced/

$300 - $500 is certainly cheaper than current options - if they manage to produce it in that price bracket.

Like I said I hope they do, it can only be a good thing for the OS.

Maybe. But i have a terrible feeling that they will add on the development costs on to the selling price to break even. Just look at the X1000, that rose in price significantly when it was first announced to when they released it.

But if it is cheap i will buy one.

[Kesa]

The OS4 "notebook" was just a ploy by Ben Hermans to try to stop people from buying the X1000 after his falling out with A-eon. It didn't ever have to actually exist.

What fallout?  :confused:

Do you have a link?

[Kesa]

Last night i was looking at the Genesi Smartbook and couldn't help but wonder. Imagine the possibilities. Why don't we just switch over to ARM and be done with it.

[Kesa]

I simply do not understand why someone needs so much storage space. The only thing i can think of is collecting movies or something. I have a 600GB HD in my laptop and an external HD 1.5 TB and i can't fill the thing up. I have like 100 movies on there and still have 1 + GB left over. I don't get it. Why do you need so much storage space? :confused:

[Kesa]

One of my friends downloads a lot of music. He will download 10 or 30 songs at one time, then listen to the first 10 seconds of each song, then decides he hates those songs, then he will download another 10 or 30 songs. Then he do it all over again. He quickly goes through iphones and ipods as a part of his "collection". I don't get it :confused:

I suspect he is doing what everyone else is doing - deliberately filling up an ipod/iphone with worthless data just to brag about running out of space. I think its a right of passage or something. Dunno. I mean, people are downloading so many songs there simply isn't enough time to listen to it all. So why are they doing it?

[Kesa]

And people owning CD's and actually ripping those to MP3's is of course totally unthinkable?

But most people don't have 1000's of cds in their collection (If they say they do they are lying).

I would also like to point out that when you "buy" songs from itunes you don't actually own the songs you simply receive a licence. Bruce Willis is suing Apple because he spent thousands building up his collection and is not allowed to give his collection to someone else.

[Kesa]

We also never had the internet in the 1980's either. Comparing the 2 are not really the same.

[Kesa]

Sorry, missed your post earlier. If you recall Ben Hermans was one of the founding partners of A-Eon. Ben Hermans is no longer a partner at A-Eon. According to a post made on moobunny shortly before the split there was a boardroom argument and things got physical resulting in the split up, but as far as we know that is just a rumor.

What is not a rumor is, a while back A-Eon was re-incorporated in Cardiff, UK. Previously it was a CVBA incorporated in Belgium. The partners are now Trevor Dickinson and Matthew Leaman of AmigaKit.

Today:
http://a-eon.com/?page=about

Previously:
http://www.amigamccc.org/journal/1004aeon.htm
("The principals include Trevor Dickinson, Tony Moorley and Ben Hermans")

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AmigaOne_X1000
("A-Eon Technology CVBA in partnership with Hyperion Entertainment")

Thanks.

[Kesa]

I absolutely dispise touch screens. Such a pain in the arse to type on. Give me buttons/keys anyday!
 
@Smerf. Stop being a cranky old fart! Also get your subscription fixed.

[Kesa]

Man that's cool.

[Kesa]

What is the best way to milk a sheep? :confused:

[Kesa]

Good idea. But if it does not happen i think the community deserves a pretty big explanantion.
 
Does Ben Hermans ever post on Amiga.org or any other Amiga forums? If not, why not?