MorphOS is out for MacMini G4! No cheaper Amiga available today!

[AmiDelf]

People asks about the cheapest way to enter Amigaworld on? Get a MacMini G4 and you have a superb Amiga system which your gf or wife even will tolerate. What stops you going for a cheap MacMini really?

You can get it upto 1.5GHz with lots of MEM and good HD space... Amiga community should start to care more of each other, either its red or blue or black. Inform people that cheapest way to enter Amigaworld at the moment is to get a MacMini and it got the SPEED!...

Think of it! Help Amigaworld community you also!

[redrumloa]

I mostly agree, it is lowest cost for entry for a NG Amiga clone. That is unless you include Efika, which is underwhelming for a desktop. I very much dislike the licensing scheme though. If the MorphOS team "pulls a Holger Kruse", registered users may be screwed if they require a re-install.
 
It doesn't appear that registration costs of MorphOS are displayed any longer. How much does it cost to register in USD at today's rates? If only shown in EUR I can convert. Money is exceedingly tight atm. I've been tempted for a while

[Golem!dk]

People asks about the cheapest way to enter Amigaworld on? Get a MacMini G4 and you have a superb Amiga system which your gf or wife even will tolerate. What stops you going for a cheap MacMini really?

So does that mean you bought one now? Oh and I think Amigas are only available second hand now, you could probably find some cheaper than a mini, or maybe a minimig?

[Golem!dk]

It doesn't appear that registration costs of MorphOS are displayed any longer. How much does it cost to register in USD at today's rates? If only shown in EUR I can convert. Money is exceedingly tight atm.

The cost is still EUR 150, click here for the price in USD, someone said it's slightly lower at the moment, think I've seen 220 USD mentioned earlier.

[redrumloa]

The cost is still EUR 150, click here for the price in USD, someone said it's slightly lower at the moment, think I've seen 220 USD mentioned earlier.

Thanks for the info. The USD has improved against the EUR lately so that is helping.

[cv643d]

Congrats to MOS team!

[Crom00]

Congrats to MOS team!

SHHHHH!!!!! Don't tell anyone how well a MacMini runs MorphOS, it will drive up the price of  PPC Mac minis...

[ikepgh]

I can tell you after waiting years for something reasonable to appear, I purchased a Mac Mini 1.5ghz + License for a little more than $500 USD and have zero regrets on the purchase especially considering the price/performance ratio.  It's also nice to be able to boot into Mac OS X once in a while.

IKE

[redrumloa]

SHHHHH!!!!! Don't tell anyone how well a MacMini runs MorphOS, it will drive up the price of PPC Mac minis...

Sales to Amiga users will be a pimple on the butt of all 2nd hand G4 Mac Mini sales. Scan your local Craigslist, I've seen some much better deals than eBay and no shipping costs or eBay/PayPal markup.

[smf]

Last time i checked it  was much cheaper & more compatible to buy an X86 and run the real Aos under emulation

[zylesea]

I very much dislike the licensing scheme though. If the MorphOS team "pulls a Holger Kruse", registered users may be screwed if they require a re-install.

Only if
a) you lose your backup of the key (i have copies of my keys  in my regular general back up files, an usb pen and a webdrive).
AND
b) The MorphOS team leaves the scene w/o a general MorphOS key (which I doubt they would).

That said the reg scheme could be better indeed.

[redrumloa]

Last time i checked it was much cheaper to buy an X86 and run the real Aos under emulation

Depends what you want to do. If you want to play 68K games, yup. If you want to use the latest PPC apps, nope. With UAE on a PC you are limited to OS3.9. MorphOS 2.X has progressed far beyond that.

[zylesea]

Last time i checked it  was much cheaper to buy an X86 and run the real Aos under emulation

Can be cheaper, but ain't the same fun and power (I used UAE quite a lot and use it still today (but much lesser)). But for sure that depends on taste and usage. UAE is pretty important of course.

[redrumloa]

Only if
a) you lose your backup of the key (i have copies of my keys in my regular general back up files, an usb pen and a webdrive).
AND
b) The MorphOS team leaves the scene w/o a general MorphOS key (which I doubt they would).
 
That said the reg scheme could be better indeed.

What if you still have your key, but your Mac Mini gives up the blue smoke? My wife's new Mac Mini (x86) gave up the smoke after 1.25 years, so the reliability of 2nd hand machines can be of concern. Will your key work on another Mac mini? My understanding is no. In that case if the MOS team pulled a Kruse, the user would be screwed. I'm not saying they would, just they could and there is precedence for it in the kommunity.

[zylesea]

People asks about the cheapest way to enter Amigaworld on? Get a MacMini G4 and you have a superb Amiga system which your gf or wife even will tolerate. What stops you going for a cheap MacMini really?

You can get it upto 1.5GHz with lots of MEM and good HD space... Amiga community should start to care more of each other, either its red or blue or black. Inform people that cheapest way to enter Amigaworld at the moment is to get a MacMini and it got the SPEED!...

Think of it! Help Amigaworld community you also!

And while MorphOS for the Mac mini is available since October 2009 the next update will introduce support for even cheaper hardware: PowerMac G4!
3rd party accelerators reach clocks up to 2 GHz.
Bog standard ~1 GHz PowerMac g4s are ridiculously cheap.
Also on the list: eMac (not confirmed when support is thought to be included)
 and probably some Powerbooks (no final decision if and when).