So what does the community want

[billt]

What I want, from Amiga (inc), is an open path for companies or individuals (some companies remaining in our community are basically obsessed individuals) to move forward with AmigaOS. Amiga Inc. once defined their technology licensing email, but then pretty much ignored any and all who went there. I'm one of those who were completely ignored. At this point, I'm much more interested in an x86 port, just because it's so hard to make any real sense of making Amiga hardware that I want. (laptop...) I want something modern. With low-power options, high-performance options, and portable/mobile options all being possible. (laptop!!) If they want to limit us all to PowerPC, that's OK I guess, but freakin allow someone to do that. I want Amiga Inc. to get out of the way. They've not looked like anything other than a "road closed" sign for quite a while.

[billt]

Todays Amiga standards seems to be to focus on low performance, overpriced almost home-made hardware

How do you propose we get any more "proffessional" in your opinion hardware shops interested in doing better than what this one company is doing for this market?

[billt]

Personally, none of them. I wouldn't like the Amiga becoming just another x86 box as Apple did with the Mac. I'd rather prefer a more custom and still powerful machine. The Sam440 is IMHO a step in the right decision, I just hope that in the future a more powerful model will be released.

What in particular would you want customized and not the same as a modern PC? What aspects are "too normal" and thus need denormalized and turned into something custom that no one else has? In what ways in particular is SAM440 a step in the right direction, and what changes would take us further in this right direction than SAM does? What changes would take us in wrong directions?

I've got a few ideas on how I myself would approach a system design. I have a degree in computer engineering, work as a chip designer by day, and have absolutely no idea what you want out of your words "custom" or what direction you're referring to by the "right" one.

People, please, if you want something different than a boring everyday x86, please put some effort into what you want, what you mean, why that is, etc. so the people at Acube or wherever have a clue as to what you're going on about. Otherwise they're not very likely to satisfy your custom and nonstandard wishes.