New Hyperion Entertainment Website http://a-eon.com/ - The Mystery Continues

[dammy]

When A1000 released 1985 it cost around 1295$
Recalculated into todays value should be around 1950$

So either cheaper then 1295 or 1950.
If that is with a case you got a deal

Who will buy it at that price?  Even more important, who outside the community will buy it at that pricing?

[oceancrafts]

Aiming at the professional market first is a smart move imo. It will ensure a backbone for further development. And I don't mind having to wait if it turns out to be too far out of my reach price-wise.

[sim085]

Does a 2 core PPC processor do more then an 8 core x64 Processor?

[Karlos]

Does a 2 core PPC processor do more then an 8 core x64 Processor?

Unlikely. However, since the only hope you have of running an AmigaOS offshoot directly on such a processor is AROS, it isn't really relevant here, is it? Even then, is AROS multicore capable? (I honestly don't know, not having kept up with it). This machine is aimed at running OS4, which the last time I checked was compiled for PPC. Given the historical design of AmigaOS, it'll be interesting to see how OS4 scales to 2 cores, let alone 8.

[kolla]

Who will buy it at that price?  Even more important, who outside the community will buy it at that pricing?

Noone, I really dont see why I would buy this myself even. AmigaOS is a far cry from being able to use the "power" that comes with it, and buying it just to run linux is rather pointless. So from my point of view, Hyperion are shooting them selves in the foot with this.

But, if they make a new USB Amiga keyboards with old Amiga layout, I'll buy a handfull at least.

[kolla]

Even then, is AROS multicore capable?

No, ofcourse not.

Given the historical design of AmigaOS, it'll be interesting to see how OS4 scales to 2 cores, let alone 8.

It won't, this falls into the same category as "Why doesnt AmigaOS have full memory protection?".  With some luck it will be possible to run on one core and use the other as some sort of coprocessor.

[jj]

Well I assuming they been busy giveing AOS4 some dual core supprt or will be pretty pointless.  Unless they intend doing the work later on.
 
Lets be real people.  This will be at least twice the cost of a SAM.  Its a complete ssytem tehy will be selling.  I reckon easy Mac prices

[Everblue]

I think they should have spent time and money porting OS4 to x86, not to some expensive PPC mobo.

[redrumloa]

"While the entry level is currently well catered for by ACube's SAM motherboard, it is this return of AmigaOS to the high-end that truly ushers in a new beginning."
 
If the Sam motherboard's price is considered ENTRY LEVEL.
 
How much will this new Amiga cost?

And they're off!:swords:

[quarkx]

If history, Acube, the SAM and ALL the other Amiga hardware manufactures have taught us, is that this thing is going to be EXPENSIVE! Bend over people!, because like all the rest, you are going to need a second mortgage and sell a few body parts to afford one. And like all the rest, in a few years, it will be an expensive oddity on ebay that only a small percentage of die-hard Amiga users will have be able to afford.

That is the primary reason why new Amiga hardware does not excite me any more. If it was hardware for any other "classic" computing platform, then it would be reasonably priced. But because its Amiga, they just bend us over. Have you seen the neat hardware being made for the C64-128 computers? IDE components, NIC's and Video upgrades etc all for pennies compared to Amiga stuff.
Mark my words, if you though the SAM looked expensive, (and they are hinting at this on the site) that will be peanuts compared to what this will be.

[ZeBeeDee]

Well ... they certainly lived up to part of their name - 'HYPE'erion

/shrugs shoulders and moves on

[mongo]

Aiming at the professional market first is a smart move imo. It will ensure a backbone for further development. And I don't mind having to wait if it turns out to be too far out of my reach price-wise.

There is no professional market for the Amiga.

[AeroMan]

I collect the libretto series and have from the 50ct through to the U100

Librettos are nice

But should Amiga be a netbook competitor?  Should that be the primary marketplace that Hyperion aims for?  I personally think not.  That's not to say I wouldn't *finally* love a portable Amiga!

Why not? This area still have space for non-intel and non-windows machines. Let me dream a little bit...


BTW: If they are planning to play with the Titan, I'm happy. It's specs are quite nice. Like in that "Two Stupid dogs" cartoon, I hope somebody there is screaming "Let´s make a riiiiiight price"

[dougal]

Would be nice to have OS4 made to run on cheap hardware such as the Wii or the Gamecube. Afaik both these Nintendo systems use PPC cpu's.

[Tumbleweed]

This will be at least twice the cost of a SAM.  Its a complete ssytem tehy will be selling.  I reckon easy Mac prices

If its priced in the same region as a Powermac then its gonna have its work cut out to succeed in the high end market. Why would anyone, who is in that market segment gonna fork out for an x1000 when they can get a a high end mac with a huge back catalogue of industry standard apps - Photoshop, Quark etc etc? Even if OS4 is reworked to harness the full power of the hardware, where are the other high end apps that high end users need/expect to justify the expense?

Weed

[dammy]

Well I assuming they been busy giveing AOS4 some dual core supprt or will be pretty pointless.  Unless they intend doing the work later on.
 
Lets be real people.  This will be at least twice the cost of a SAM.  Its a complete ssytem tehy will be selling.  I reckon easy Mac prices

While the rest of the world is looking at Sub $500 notebooks and Sub $300 netbooks while buying less desktops.