Hyperion Entertainment unveils dedicated AmigaOS4.0 Website

[Argo]

Hyperion Entertainment unveils dedicated site about the upcoming Amiga OS 4.0 for PowerPC CPU's.

Point your browser to http://os4.hyperion-entertainment.biz


Source: http://amigaworld.net/modules/news/article.php?storyid=2669

[Argo]

Wow. I have to say that is a really nice site and looks to be off to a good start.  I like how there is something for the developer, current user, and past or returning user.

[djbase]

And what about hardware?

[adolescent]

Very nice site.

[Tigger]

Its runs on all PPC processors according to the website, and its very easy to port to new PPC products, yet somehow there is currently no hardware for sale which runs the OS and the only official hardware has EOL parts on it.
   -Tig

[Waccoon]

Too bad, too.  OS4 will never reach critical mass with the hardware it requires.

I would like to take OS4 for a test drive, especially since I'm completely disappointed with my Mac mini.  This Mac has to be the slowest damn computer I've ever used.

[Tigger]

I would like to take OS4 for a test drive, especially since I'm completely disappointed with my Mac mini. This Mac has to be the slowest damn computer I've ever used.

Yet, its hardware is faster then any AmigaOne and its cheaper then an AmigaOne.  And Apple is currently averaging over 1000 Mac Mini's sold per day, which is about how many AmigaOnes Eyetech has sold in the last 2 years.   Why exactly again is OS4 not running on cheap mac hardware??  Not like Hyperion doesnt have a bunch of Macs around anyways.  
      -Tig

[jutrem]

@tigger

 IBM alone produces tons of Power based hardware. Mostly servers and workstations running various Unix/Linux. Hyperion can (and probably have?)port OS4 to any Power based system they can get a hold of. They can even run it on Power Macs. They just can not  support/sell it until it gets Official Amiga approval. On the other side when the A1 series is ready for a more powerfull Power CPU (and chipset) the support is already there.

links
http://www-03.ibm.com/servers/intellistation/power/
http://www-03.ibm.com/servers/eserver/openpower/?ca=opannc&met=link&me=W&PSite=ibmcomherous
http://www-132.ibm.com/content/home/store_IBMPublicUSA/en_US/IntelliStation_workstations.html

[Argo]

Speaking of hardware, did anyone notice the PDA display graphic in the "The AmigaOS advantage" article.

I doubt Hyperion is going to sit idly by and let their project waste way. Not to mention the monitary incentive to recoupe the development costs. Not being a hardware company, means that they are probably going to have to search out third parties and poke, prod, light fires under the powers that be to get the deals made.
Then again, on the optomistic side, there maybe things in motion contingent on the offical release  that will be set in motion when that happens.

[Panthro]

ths is encouraging

[Waccoon]

@Tigger

I shouldn't blame the hardware for this.  I'll say instead that MacOS X is the slowest OS I've ever used.  For one thing, it takes two minutes to boot up, and the GUI responsiveness is shockingly bad.

I'm sure if AmigaOS was running on the mini, the performance would be quite good.  Wishful thinking, of course.

[Jose]

Nice I think it's a good start. The Amiga logo should use the old italic font though... They should also mention on the front page about the Ramdisk, that it's been there for way many years.

[smithy]

It's a smart looking website.  I'm intrigued by the language that is trying to attract OEMs, ports to new hardware, etc.. it seems to fly directly in the face of Amiga Inc's opinion on OS4.

I've just got 2 comments:
1.  The "The AmigaOS advantage - your advantage" article is a good one, but it's buried in a pointless submenu.

2.  It really needs its own domain name.  I associate anything with .biz with spam.

[pjhutch]

A couple of things:
1. OS4 is for Amiga hardware not Mac hardware and due to Apple's. Second, Eyetech make Amiga hardware not Hyperion.

2. Mac Mini is too slow is because they haven`t provided enough memory. 256MB is bare minimum, up grade it to 512M or even 1GB to best of Mac OS X.

3. Now that a web site is up, I hope Hyperion has a date in mind to finally release OS4...

[pjhutch]

A couple of things:
1. OS4 is for Amiga hardware not Mac hardware and due to Apple's. Second, Eyetech make Amiga hardware not Hyperion.

2. Mac Mini is too slow is because they haven`t provided enough memory. 256MB is bare minimum, up grade it to 512M or even 1GB to best of Mac OS X.

3. Now that a web site is up, I hope Hyperion has a date in mind to finally release OS4...