Here's the first specs for the new Amiga from Amiga Inc.

[amiga_3k]

I'm not worried about the speed, currently using an iMac G3 at 333 MHz and OSX and it serves me well.

I'm not worried about the maximum memory, again, the iMac has 288 MB and it doesn't stop me from using all different kinds of software ranging from Word to The Gimp.

I'm a bit worried over the price, but as it is a niche product that's something one can step-over.

I'm enormously worried about the OS being supplied! Nothing is mentioned! Will we have to use OS3.9? Has OS5 fallen from the blue sky. Or do they still have a possibility to ship OS4 with it?

[guru-666]

dude the iMac is lame! I would not buy one if it came out today.....
OS5....ROFL!

[kd7ota]

256MB is also plenty for Ubuntu Linux.  :-D

After web browser, mailer, mp3 player, GaIM, and watching a movie, only topped it to 180mb of ram usage out of 512mb and with only 30mb of pagefile used...

Now that is what I like to call efficient.  :-D

[X-ray]

I wouldn't buy this new Amiga for that price, sorry.

[amiga_3k]

guru-666 wrote:
dude the iMac is lame! I would not buy one if it came out today.....

True, me neither, but at the moment it's good enough (for at least a few more weeks, hardware change is comming soon). What I meant to say is that, if the OS to be run on that hardware is small, efficient and responsive than you won't need kick-ass Windows Vista like hardware.

[guru-666]

@amiga_3k
Hehe, if the OS is small and efficiant you could just run on your iMac.(of anything with a ppc) LOL why even offer new hardware?  
The idea that I should buy some (old) hardware to run this hacky little OS4 is adsured... now selling os4 for $50 would be intesting... but haivng to spend $500-$700 and haivng more junk (hardware) littering my office just is not going to happen!

[AmigaNow]

I like it!!
 :-D

As a former Amiga owner, I was looking into getting an Amiga 1200, Blizzard 060/PPC which would have been at most 200 MHZ. In additional I would have needed to tower, mediator just to get USB, etc...

For much less I can have 1 gb ram (DDR2) and 1gb LAN, USB, SATA. For under $500. Sweet.

I for one can't wait to get it.  :-o

Would definitely prefer the 667Mhz one even if it was more expensive. Also, the PCI slot would be reserved for Clone-A if made into such a card.

Seems like an awesome low end machine to me compared to the A1200 combo I described...

AmigaNow

[meega]

kd7ota wrote:
256MB is also plenty for Ubuntu Linux.  :-D

After web browser, mailer, mp3 player, GaIM, and watching a movie, only topped it to 180mb of ram usage out of 512mb and with only 30mb of pagefile used...

Now that is what I like to call efficient.  :-D

I have single images that take 100-200MB. Try editing one of that size, e.g. crop, requiring a second copy of the file in memory at the same time (no, I don't like pagefiles). That isn't even a large file.

For what it's worth, I do own classic Amigas.

[meega]

AmigaNow wrote:

For much less I can have 1 gb ram (DDR2) and 1gb LAN, USB, SATA. For under $500. Sweet.

It doesn't say that there is any RAM actually present...

[guru-666]

@amigaNow
I can pull hardware that is better out of a dumpster for free!

the days where anybody can hold me hostage with custom hardware are long gone...  

[kd7ota]

meega wrote:

I have single images that take 100-200MB. Try editing one of that size, e.g. crop, requiring a second copy of the file in memory at the same time (no, I don't like pagefiles). That isn't even a large file.

For what it's worth, I do own classic Amigas.

I wasn't saying for everything, just the everyday use that I do it for. :-D

[AmigaNow]

If it comes with AOS4, it would be not bad. My win mobo + cpu + fan cost me at the time around $500. Then I had to get ram, graphics, hd, cd,etc...

If a PCI IDE card was compatable, I could use my CDRom, DVD-RW , and 250Gb hard disk.

Otherwise I would upgrade to SATA.

AmigaNow

[AmigaNow]

At least they did bring out the specs, like they promised.

AmigaNow

[koaftder]

I might as well just save my cash and drag out that old p2 450 thats been sitting in the closet the past 4 years.

[humppa]

At least they did bring out the specs, like they promised.

1st announcement:
"Manufacturing and final price information along with product launch schedules will be following in the next week."

2nd announcement:
"Manufacturing partner and final ship schedule will be following soon."

Only specs and price for the lower end "design". No precise launch schedules.

Anyone thinking this announcement has any other purpose than just trying to help the court case is seriously deluded.

[drewz21]

I'm not going to get into any kind of flame-war with anyone but I know for a fact if real hardware with an AmigaOS materializes I'm going to buy 1 or 2.  I know I've spent quite a bit of money on classic Amiga hardware and from converstaions I've seen on here and other places Amiga users have spent that much and more on classic Amiga hardware trying to get a machine like they want.  I also read in some of these same forums people spending quite a bit of money creating different types of Linux based PCs.  I just don't see the difference.

If I'm able to buy an Amiga computer they lets me run either new Amiga software and/or some classic Amiga software, I'm all over it.

All the other hype aside, Hyperion, the lawsuit, past experience with Amiga Inc., etc... wouldn't it be great to be able to buy a NEW Amiga computer running an Amiga Operating System and using Amiga software?  Sounds good to me!!!    :-D

I hope by sometime this summer many of us are talking about the ways we use our new Amiga computer.