Teron PX ATX PowerPC motherboard

[CaptainFrank]

OK, picking myself up from my previous posts on this subject...

> The only thing is that $499 = £302

True.  however, it never actually translates like this does it?

I mean, we in the UK are always being ripped off,  a $499 product is usually sold in the UK fo £499.

Isn`t this always the case?

I feel sorry for the people in the US who are paying for the board to be sent to eyetech, just to be sent back to the US.

Or am I being my usual stupid self?


Frank.

[Eric_Z]

Does the Terrasoft board have onboard sound?

[CaptainFrank]

> it says G3-600mhz on the "view shopping cart"

I noticed on their website that the picture of the board is actually a TeronCX with a surface-mount G3.

But thats just a picture...


Frank.

[Kronos]

@EricZ

When the TeronPX (aka A1-XE) goes into production it will be
produced by one company on the same assembly line, so you can be
100% sure that the differences between the two will only be in
BIOS, name and price.

[jumpship]

I mean, we in the UK are always being ripped off, a $499 product is usually sold in the UK fo £499.

Not if you get it shipped from the US ;-) I have found that in some cases it is better to order the same product from America and then pay the VAT here for it, because you can get it cheaper then buying it here.

But you are right, generally if something is $499 if the US then it will be £499 in the UK :-(

[MarkTime]

Terrasoft is not selling the G3/600mhz board at all.
They changed their website only on January 31st.

A man from the company confirmed to me that the specs of their boxer series had changed and would now be a G4/800mhz, and that he would update the website on that day, the 31st.

However, he also told me, even then, that the official announcement wouldn't be until mid-february.

I think they are waiting till it ships, so as not to get burned again on slipping release dates.

In any event, $499 is not an unreasonable price for this board.  I am not concerned about their quick update of the website, a few pictures of a G3 were just an oversight, they are not selling a G3 model.

If they have listed the price wrong, that is just stupid....but who knows, as I mentioned in the beginning, this product is not shipping so it is just vaporware at the moment...though I think it probably will ship soon, and then we will know.

btw the G4/800 without L2 cache sell for $299 from giga designs....that is a mac upgrade card.  so $499 for G4/800 with ancient 2xAGP, 3PCI slot, 133mhz ram motherboard is not out of the question, and I think it is the actual price.

But of course, until it ships I don't believe anything...just thought it was interesting.

[Paul_Gadd]

I really hope they start to ship those G4 boards after when all the Amiga users who orderd a Teron PX-ONE board recieve them.

Kdh is offering

G4-XE 7451@800 Linux

http://www.kdh-amiga-shop.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=772&products_model=&osCsid=9eb18f635d6d0044127460c58ceb4527

That is a Teron PX without AOS4 donglecode
for 845.90EUR (incl german fat) that is about $788 excl fat
and the AOne Early Bird for 898.90EUR and later for 973.95 ( both incl AOS4)

So maybe the terrasoft Price is realy for the CX?

[Kronos]

@weiseb

That board is still running through Eyetech who have zero interest
in showing the pricegap between both boards (and want to make some
extra  $$$$$).

[CaptainFrank]

http://www.sidwell.co.uk/shop/merchant.tpl?id=334

£399 + VAT for a G4@450Mhz with 1mb cache

and thats just a processor card!  Does the A1-XE still seem expensive?


OK... stupid question  :-)


Frank.

[MarkTime]

@captainfrank,

they really do overcharge 'ya'll' somtimes over there....www.macsales.com  $299 us dollars for G4 800mhz cpu upgrade card.  You'll have to traverse the site, I don't have the specific link handy.

That is the card without the L2 cache....sonnettech and some of the others have the L2 cache, and they run closer to $399 us dollars.

But I believe the AmigaONE is sans L2 cache as well, so its a fine comparison in this case.

The gigabit ethernet logic boards for macs cost $150, new, on ebay, and the $299 giga designs card, would make a G4 cpu/motherbaord come in at $449 beating everyone's price.....but its an unsupported frankenmac....

Don't know why but those gigabit ethernet logic boards are always on sale cheap on e-bay...apple must have made too many or something...but they take a real weird power supply so, its not quite so simple.

On the other hand, they do run Mac OS X, which these other boards do not (MOL doesn't count because MOL DOES NOT HANDLE 3D acceleration)....

who wants a comp without 3d acceleration....

anyway.....I am posting far too much today, I better go work some.

@Kronos
Do you realy think they prefer to hide the price gap over making money? no one will buy the (hmm... how should I call it Eyetech-Teron for running Linux if they can get the same board a lot cheaper.

[CaptainFrank]

@MarkTime

> they really do overcharge 'ya'll' somtimes over there

Yeah, they really do!

I`ve just been checking Gordon Harwoods website (remember them?), they have Upgrades as follows:

Sonnet Encore/ST G4 800MHz Upgrade Card With 2MB DDR L3 Cache £339 +VAT & Shipping

This also has a L3 cache though...

It`s a bit more like it, but the A1-XE costs £499 and this costs £339 just for the CPU card (although, lets not forget the L3 cache)

We are basically paying £160 +VAT for the motherboard and OS4 Licence.

Which, I`ll admit, does seem expensive, but so is everythink in the UK!


Frank

[zacman]

>The AmigaOne doesn`t cost much more, and
>includes an OS4 licence.

The OS4 enabler kit (to make a LinuxOne OS4
compatible, fully licenced etc.) is available for
160EUR from Vesalia. So for TS (if the price was
right) would be 660eur for a 64/800MHz Boxer with a
OS4 licence.

[MarkTime]

I don't believe in piracy, but for $380 dollars ...well shiver me timbers, fly that jolly roger, put a hook on my hand and call me captain, cause I'll step on your skull to save 380 dollars....

ok, I don't know where I'm going with this, but I'm not paying a 380 dollar premium for OS4.

That was not an endorsement for piracy.

160 euro's for OS 4?  OK, I can see how you arrived at the price, but don't forget to subtract out the linux distro that you don't need to buy...suse 7.3 is 66 eur, and YDL is $29.

[downix]

800mhz, Teron PX motherboard, $499

How many HUNDREDS of dollars are you sending Genesi and/or Eyetech in premium?

Actually, please check out http://www.pegasos-usa.com for pricing

The retail price on a Pegasos is *trumpet please* $499.

Funny, same price for a higher-end motherboard seems like a good deal to me.