In my Opinion. It's whiny to ask for cheaper board. Eyetech are just trying to stay in business, with prices set for a rather obviously small market. Ever notice how 3D animation software is so expensive? That's not because it's harder to develop than a lot of stuff out there, but because it targets a very small market, and it certainly isn't easier to develop either, they need the money for further development, it's how capitalism and the dollar votes work. So what if you don't get firwires, only thing I see running on them is hardware that has USB clones, or sony stuff (Betamax anyone :-x ?). The full computer (cd-burner harddrive and all) can still be made for under 1000$ dollars, sure it's not cutting edge, but its a heck of a lot better than what's out there. Sure the Pegasos had a much better price, when/if it releases Pegasos2 will be even better. Well maybe if Eyetech can make them the later boards will be better too. Looking at what I use on my PC board, I could still hook up everything into an AmigaOne board, my printer, camera (USB), monitor, keyboard). Ethernet's a card, GFX are all done from a card, mind you, I have a 2000$ Sony Vaio. Make do with what you have now, and support the companies you like with your 'voting' and push for better, you'll have a better chance getting it. So what horrible bugs have the current users of A1 hardware encountered, anyone? It's a good computer, so what if you don't get a gazillion plugs for more hardware than most people own, to do so many many things, like 95% of computing, you only need a couple hundred Megahertz of computing power, I use 400Mhz machines at work with Windows Xp, not fast, but it won't kill me, gets the job done.
Maybe I should just start using povray instead of Bryce (sarcasm, mmm-kay?) Cause I sure as heck know povray is cheaper, and it works faster too(just compare the resources using bryce requires to what using povray requires, considering povray 5.1 runs on amigas, although no ports have been done since).
