Is good now to buy an AmigaOne or not?

[Phantom206]

I want to know if now it's a good period to buy AmigaOne. Also if anybody knows if you will gonna have a dealer of Amiga in Greece (Greece full of Mikrosoft PC's ..Shit!!) :-D  :-D

[PulsatingQuasar]

Well, buying one now means you will allready have an AmigaOne when OS 4 arrives. It's unpredictable to say but there is a chance that the AmigaOne's will sell that well, stock might run out and you will have to wait.

In the mean time you can build the system and test your hardware so you can immediatly use AmigaOS 4 and not have hardware problems which might mean sending your AmigaOne back. You might even learn a littlebit of Linux which becomes everso more important these days.

Also, buying an AmigaOne will mean you show you're support to the AmigaOS4/AmigaOne combo with some financial support.


Both the AmigaOS4/AmigaOne combo and the Pegasos/MorphOS combo are unfinished products. It's just whichone do YOU want to see as a finished product! I allready made my choice( check the sig). :-)

[DaveP]

Id say yes.

It would be nice if this thread didn't end in tears but snowballs in a supernovae spring to mind.

[JoannaK]

PulsatingQuasar: A  trollish approach. Comparing apples and oranges here.  But.. It's your view to this situation.

My view to original question. IF you are comfortable on potential outcome that OS4 never matetialises (or that it does not work as well as you want) you need to consider what to do with your hardware. As a generic Linux computer it's way overpriced and underpowered and even compared to eisting and widely available PPC-Macs it's not on same level.

Personally that amount of money (well over 1000 euros with necessary hardware) is so much money I need to see/test it well before spending it. Some may have that much to spend on hobby computer, I don't..  (this ain't my #1 priority in life)

[Atheist]

I am absolutely positively, without a doubt buying an AmigaOne.

However due to financial limitations, I can't get One till October. I have made a down payment, though.

By not buying One now, I also alleviate the crunch on them producing the boards (and thus can sell to potential people NOW, who may lose their nerve later, or give up waiting and buy a pc, like one other person did recently).

I'll get a G4XE @ 800 MHz or higher. And 2 Gigs. of ram.


AmigaOne! :-D NOTHING like IT!!!!!!!   :-D

[Warface]

I want to know if now it's a good period to buy AmigaOne.

The decision is absolutely emotional. No one wants an a Linux box so expensive and troublesome. (With troublesome I mean it's PowerPC, which has worse support than X86 Linux) Still no one knows how good/bad OS4 will be.

So those who already bought an AmigaONE did that purely based on emotions - yet, I don't want to underestimate the power of emotions. They keep our life in movement.

So put your hand on your heart and say out loud: do you want it or not?

If it is what you've dreamed of, and have the money I say, go for it. If you want to be rational, then the answer is "not" or "not now", and buy something else or wait how this will turn out in the end.

Whatever your decision will be: You will not be disappointed. It's almost impossibble psychology wise. :-)

[xeron]

Well, mine arrived just now! WOOHOOOOO! :-D On the downside, I have to wait 8.5 hours until I can take it home and set it all up!  :-o  :-x

[Crumb]

@Xeron:
Congratulations ;-)

ey! This is my 200th post :-D

@Phantom:
If you like linux buy it, but if it doesn't appeals you I would wait until OS4 is ready because prices of VGAs, hds, etc will fall in those months. In addition to that if you buy it when OS4 is ready you'll be able to buy the best supported gfx card. You can buy a gfx card now but you can't be sure that it will be 100% supported (unless you buy a Voodoo3, of course). Hard drives will be cheaper and faster...
I only say this because I think that I wouldn't use Linux much... if you plan to use it (with MOL for example) it's a good moment. As I reply to the friends who ask me about what computer should they buy "Buy what you are going to use" if you plan to use Linux A LOT for 6 months or so buy an AmigaOne. If you don't know Linux, try it on a peecee before you buy the One. Most of people (me included) think that using linux is a pain in the ass :-D
For example if you configure your gfx card badly, you end up fiddling with configfiles lost in the hard drive, and you don't have a 640x480 16colour mode to repair what you messed up... :-/
No, definitely I don't like Linux... :-D
Even windows is more user friendly...
If you LOVE linux go on and buy the One. If you don't, wait until OS4 is here...

[takemehomegrandma]

Phantom206 wrote:
I want to know if now it's a good period to buy AmigaOne. Also if anybody knows if you will gonna have a dealer of Amiga in Greece (Greece full of Mikrosoft PC's ..Shit!!) :-D  :-D

If I were you I would wait until OS4 is released in public for the A1 board. Because after all, that is what you are looking for (a new Amiga) right? Sure you can use Linux in the meantime, especially if you are somewhat of a Linux Expert (it might take some tinkering on a low level, which is not necessary on most of the "beginner friendly" x86 distros), but Linux is not the main point with the board. If you are really looking for a Linux machine (and if you are new to Linux) then a x86 mobo is better suited; better price, better performance, some drivers and some of the more interesting software comes in precompiled x86 binaries only. We have seen many testemonies of A1 customers who just put their board in a closet while waiting for OS4. So my advice to you is to wait. The non-legacy-hardware version of OS4 is still (at least) half a year away. The price can only go down from here and who knows, better hardware might pop up in the meantime?

[Warface]

Note that who already bought AmigaONE say "go for it!", those who haven't or have chosen another way say "wait till it arrives and you can see". So in the end, it's up to you. :-)

[Agafaster]

Well I got mine NOW, and its set up, and running.
(not online yet - I need to remember where I put my 9 pin serial cable D'oh !)

I say running - I mean its RUNNING like Forrest Gump bursting for a slash 30 miles from the nearest toilet !
you dont really need to know that much about linux, especially if you start a fresh hard drive, and can therefore use the Eyetech instructions, assuming you build it yourself. if you do, it'll be so rewarding to send your 1st email/make your 1st posting !
Also if you are used to NT as I am, on a similar spec PC (ie similar Clock, RAM etc) then you will be surprised how this thing flies - I did a rough check, and worked out it took a minute to get to the point to run programs in the Gnome envronment - that includes pressing the ON switch, waiting for the 5 seconds countdown, and getting my login / password wrong ! (silly boy - D'oh !)
Also, if you buy now, you may well be in time to catch the Earlybird offer - OS4 for free when it comes out.

(note to JoannaK - I said WHEN not IF - I believe this will happen (dunno WHEN though ;-) ), but it will. I spose it depends on how one views a glass of water :-D )

[Lando]

Phantom206 wrote:
I want to know if now it's a good period to buy AmigaOne.

Yes now is really the best time for buying!
Judging from others experiences, it will probably take around 6 months for your order to be shipped which takes you to January 2004 and by then OS4 for the A1 will probably be almost complete!

Also if anybody knows if you will gonna have a dealer of Amiga in Greece (Greece full of Mikrosoft PC's ..Shit!!) :-D  :-D

Damn Microsoft PC's I won't even allow one in my house.

[Madgun68]

Unless you have a really slow computer that's currently driving you mad, I'd suggest waiting. You'd most likely have to wait a spell while everyone's shipping AmigaOnes to the people who have ordered before you. And as said before, until AOS4 comes out, you'll be running linux if anything on it.

BTW: Anyone else notice that anytime AmigaOne or Pegasos is the subject of discussion, there's always at least one post that remarks about the thread erupting in to a flame fest? Perhaps we should appoint someone to do a running commentary on these discussions? :-P

[Dr_Righteous]

I echo the suggestion of waiting unless you don't mind running Linux untill AOS4 comes out... However I also suggest that AROS for PPC would be a worthwhile excuse to go ahead and purchase an A1.

This has been an unsponsored and unaffilliated plug for AROS  :-P

[xeron]

@Lando:

As far as I know, Amiga dealers have G3 and G4 XE's in stock now, and the waiting time should be a lot shorter.