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Re: dnetc benchmarks
« on: February 06, 2012, 03:51:45 PM »
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What you voluntarily try not to understand is that you can't run AmigaOS4 on the macs so all this is just useless chat.
What you are ignoring is that the people who could have delivered an OS4 version that runs on a Mac (remember "Moana"? that was four years ago) decided not to do so. And now the very same people are trying to sell you a $3000 computer that apparently doesn't do anything that a six year old $200 Mac can't do. And we never got any explanation for this decision. That's why a comparison with Mac hardware is not "useless chat", but food for thought.

Some of us really want to use OS4 (it was my main OS for four years), but the only choices presented to us are pocket calculators that cost a fortune, or outdated desktop computers that cost three fortunes. I'm asking myself "why?" - and with every delay, with every benchmark, every time somebody mentions the price tag I look at Hyperion, the OS4 devs or A-EON for answers.

I didn't get any answers so far. Instead, I can now look forward to the next custom hardware debacle - which, as usual, is going to start with a major delay (the OS4 netbook should be out in four months - wanna bet if they make that deadline?). Followed by performance problems and stability or QA issues. And then either the hardware or the manufacturer (or both) will vanish again, leaving behind 50 proud owners of a netbook which is only half supported by the OS that runs on it.

At the same time MorphOS users are going to run their OS on cheap and readily available laptops produced by a respected company that run circles around those wannabe netbooks that will cost three times as much and will be produced by god knows who.

But yeah, our biggest problems are those evil guys publishing benchmarks.
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Re: dnetc benchmarks
« Reply #1 on: February 06, 2012, 04:55:29 PM »
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If Moana had come out, we would not have Sams, we would not have X1000
Yes, but you make it sound like this would be a bad thing? Why?

Edit: Are you aware that moana actually was said to be an ACube project? Apparently the Sam manufacturer itself didn't worry too much about the Sam.

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We would all be tied to using Mac cast-offs.
They are cheaper, easier to get and available in bigger numbers. And if one breaks, you simply buy a replacement (you can do that ten times before getting even close to what the x1000 costs). Again, what's the problem?

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By releasing AOS 4 for Macs we would be tied down to second hand Macs for the lifetime of AOS 4
Who said "lifetime"? We could be using OS4 on cheap, proven hardware right now. And while we would have fun doing that, we could take our time to plan the next step.

Planning the next step is neccessary anyway - the x1000 always was a dead end.

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If you want to use old Macs, use MOS. If you don't, use AOS. Be happy with what you choose, and let other people be happy with what they choose.
You can be happy as much as you want. And I'm going to voice my opinion as much as I want. Deal?
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Re: dnetc benchmarks
« Reply #2 on: February 06, 2012, 06:01:54 PM »
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There must have been a reason behind that decision but I don't make a big deal out of it. They decided not to go that route this is ok with me.

So comparing the x1000 to PPC Macs is not "useless chat" - it's just that you don't care? That's good for you, but why come into this thread and tell us to shut up?

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don't like the X1000 then the answer is simple: "Don't buy them!" :) [...]
then use MOS on the mac [...]
Get yourself MOS3.0 and a mac. [...]
Because I have fun with OS4 and want it to develop further.

Your idea of "letting OS4 develop further" is to tell potential customers to "go away and use MorphOS"?

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Disagree. All sold out and people asking for more so...

How many x1000 computers did they sell? 120? 140?