Would you pay €226 for a minimig?

[Everblue]

I was really looking forward to get a minimig, but now that I got the total its going to cost me (from Acube), I am really in shock. There is a big jump from the advertised €138 to €226 (this is after VAT and uber expensive shipping charges).

I think I will now keep a hold on my money and wait for Clone-A instead.  :-(

Anyone else thinks the price is a bit over the top?

[Crom00]

Where did you get that final price from?

[Everblue]

From Acube themselves. And that price does not even include a PSU.

[odin]

Nope.

[Everblue]

And I already own a nice A1200 gaming setup.

[Krusher]

No, for that price I'd expect a complete Minimig, as in, supplied with PSU, casing, cables.

[skurk]

Yes, it's a bit over the top.  I think €99 shipped would be fair.  Maybe not realistic, but fair.  (Especially since I already own a metric ton of C= stuff, heh)

I don't want to sound like a pessimist, I really respect Acube for pulling this through, and I love the Minimig and will defend it day and night.  But €220+ for a "toy".. well...

I'll rather continue soldering my Minimig board, even if it takes me a few months extra...  Let's just hope it works when I'm done :-)

[Everblue]

Well to be completely honest - if the minimig was 100% perfect, I'd put away my real amiga and use the minimig instead - use a normal PC monitor, and free up loads of deskspace... but as it is, no thanks. Hence, I look forward for clone-a.

I would have giving minimig a chance at a decent price, but not at €220+ !

[alexh]

They are making a killing at that price, at least 100% profit.

Either they are not making very many (sub 50) or they are getting greedy.

I didnt think a 1.5Mbyte OCS A500 was worth €138, it is absolutely not worth €226

[Krusher]

I'd pay up to €150 for a populated and soldered Minimig without anything extra since it's basically an fpga dev board with a 68k processor as a bonus. Which means you can in theory run all sorts of oldskool computers with it. That to me is the added value.

[alexh]

Krusher wrote:
It's basically an fpga dev board [snip] Which means you can in theory run all sorts of oldskool computers with it.

I know you say "in theory" but so far I am not aware of any available HDL having been "ported" to the MiniMig platform.

The Atari ST VHDL should have been "easy" to get running, but I've not seen anyone even talking about it.

Perhaps the lack of boards in the hands of "those that can" has meant a slow process?

[Krusher]

alexh wrote:
I know you say "in theory" but name 1 that has been "ported" to the MiniMig platform? ...

Give it time, once Acube starts shipping I'm shure all sorts of things appear. Beeing a software guru doesn't mean you have the capabilities to build or solder your own hardware, and most important, a lot of people just don't have the skills to build a Minimig themselves.

[HopperJF]

No.

I will not return to Amiga until prices are much more reasonable. Having already forked out £800 for an A1 that was faulty from the start I am not prepared to make the same mistake again.

[A1260]

nope!

[m3x]

Unfortunally the shipping cost to Malta is very high, you can check UPS price list...

We may provvide a less expensive service via traditional (and less secure) mail service instead of express courier, at Euro 9.15

These are the official prices:

Minimig + SD card 1 Gb = Euro 138,00
Minimig + SD card 1 Gb + PSU = Euro 149,00

Italian VAT is 20% (if applicable)

Ciao

Max Tretene, ACube Systems Srl