natami: the new amiga

[rednova]

Dear Friends:

http://www.natami.net/
what do you think about this?

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[ddniUK]

oooh interesting I hadnt heard of it before..... !!! ROFL

[Xamiche]

Though it's old news, I'm excited about it. Of course any good Amigan is going to be sceptical considering all the unfulfilled promises of new Amiga hardware over the years, but I have a good feeling about this one. At the very least I like their philosophy. If they can reach their goals, I for one would buy one.  

[alexh]

Whatever they make you can guarantee it wont be cheap. I think we are looking at prices beyond that of a standard medium cost PC.

[ddniUK]

I paid £399 for my Amiga back in 1989ish.... If all that is promised is delivered, I would pay that again today....  :-)

[Xamiche]

alexh wrote:
Whatever they make you can guarantee it wont be cheap. I think we are looking at prices beyond that of a standard medium cost PC.

I'd better start saving now then. :-D

[rkauer]

 I'm excited to grab one too, regarding the (probably) high prices.

 But, this time it will be a real Amiga computer...

 Or not... :roll:

[Krusher]

I'd buy any 100% compatible new Amiga hardware. I'm holding back on Minimig because it's not that compatible (although it's beeing worked on and ECS is about to show up)

However, a compatible Amiga with superior speed and capabilities beyond what the AGA chipset does, that's my girl.

[Retro_71]

I am saving to buy one. I made a choice that i would not buy anymore old Amiga's (after the A3000). I am looking forward for the NatAmi and CloneA and will be saving to buy both.
Ok so they maybe the same price as a mid PC, but big deal Medium PC don't last that long anyway and i would rather buy a New Amiga (Clone) any day.

[persia]

Part of the price pronlem is the limited size of the audience.  An Amiga clone is going to sell in the hundreds, you can't get any price breaks for that small a run.  PCs and Macs sell in the millions.

Retro-computing isn't cheap, it's a hobby and the hundreds of Amiga fans will gladly pay more for something that isn't living on borrowed time.  

[rednova]

Dear Amigans:

I am also very interested in buying this new amiga. It seems to me that old amiga hardware -accelerators, etc- is already very expensive and hard to find. A new amiga you will be able to buy, it will be much faster and more powerful, and it will not cost much more than the hard to find old amiga desktops.

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[Varthall]

With its 060 it's way too slow for me to be interesting. If it had a recent PPC CPU and OS4 compatibility I would start considering it.

Varthall

[Phantom]

With its 060 it's way too slow for me to be interesting. If it had a recent PPC CPU and OS4 compatibility I would start considering it.

Maybe, NatAmi 2?

Anyway, I will buy one for sure, if it will be as they say so.

[drewz21]

I would have to say "Count me in!"  Some new Amiga hardware would be great.  I could put some of my old Amiga pieces up to preserve them.

As far as price, I don't think it would be any different if the Commodore Amiga was on sale in 2008 vs 1988.  Adjusted for inflation, the cost is really the same.  I paid about $1000US for my A500 with 1MB, extra floppy, monitor, and printer back then.

Please keep the info coming on this project.

[Andeda]

Hmm sounds very interesting. I think that most of us here are ready to spend a lot of money on some new amiga hardware.  :-)