SAM 460 poor performance, high price

[Piru]

Ah! And to those who believe they have a better idea, go do it, you will learn the difference between talking in forums and actually bringing a real product to market.

I did. See here: http://www.morphos-team.net/news.html

[smf]

People complaining about high prices on the amiga-market is just pathetic. It's just a hobby market so there's not much to do about it. Buy whats available if you're intrested in Amiga, if you're not intrested  in Amiga go buy some cheap windows box

[Iggy]

I did. See here: http://www.morphos-team.net/news.html

Thanks Piru, I use that better idea everyday.

[jj]

or a cheap mac

[WolfToTheMoon]

People complaining about high prices on the amiga-market is just pathetic. It's just a hobby market so there's not much to do about it. Buy whats available if you're intrested in Amiga, if you're not intrested  in Amiga go buy some cheap windows box

No, it's not pathetic... it's spot on the mark. I would love to buy a OS4 machine - for hobby. But how can I justify a 1000 euros Sam460(without even taking performance into account)? Let's not even go into the X1000 price domain...

A hobby OS should come on a hobby priced hardware. Not professional priced hardware.

[Akiko]

So indeed it makes sense for OS4 users to pay a lot more for inferior, much slower hardware. Congratulations!

What's up Piru, MorphOS registrations down this month?!?

[smf]

or a cheap mac

Well OSX seems to be quite fine but Mac is quite overpriced IMHO

[zylesea]

Well OSX seems to be quite fine but Mac is quite overpriced IMHO

Just buy a used G4 Mac - they are dirt cheap and you can run the most advanced Amigaish OSes beside OS X. Especially the Mac mini is still a geogeous device: small, neat, energy efficient, pretty fast with MorphOS.

[smf]

No, it's not pathetic... it's spot on the mark. I would love to buy a OS4 machine - for hobby. But how can I justify a 1000 euros Sam460(without even taking performance into account)? Let's not even go into the X1000 price domain...

A hobby OS should come on a hobby priced hardware. Not professional priced hardware.

Yeah it's too bad that not all can enjoy OS4 but what i meant is that it's pathetic when people complain about it and want it to cost them no money at all but they have no problem spending the money on a new car etc.

[smf]

Just buy a used G4 Mac - they are dirt cheap and you can run the most advanced Amigaish OSes beside OS X. Especially the Mac mini is still a geogeous device: small, neat, energy efficient, pretty fast with MorphOS.

Why would i use something that has nothing to do with  my hobby and is MUCH more limited and expensive than the mainstream alternatives?

[dammy]

People complaining about high prices on the amiga-market is just pathetic. It's just a hobby market so there's not much to do about it. Buy whats available if you're intrested in Amiga, if you're not intrested  in Amiga go buy some cheap windows box

Wow, what a elitist attitude.  That's a 180 from Jack Tramel's, ""We need to build computers for the masses, not the classes."

[DAX]

@Piru
I was referring to the hardships of creating and bringing to market an Hardware product made for a small niche.
Anyway I don't think that these initiatives (such as this thread) will bring more people to MOS, just annoy other members.

[dammy]

Breaking news - hardware for AmigaOS is expensive! :O

But dirt cheap for AROS, go figure.

[redrumloa]

Hmm, now that I think about it this thread might have a better home at "Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion". Mods: Move if you wish.

Moved.

[Khephren]

People complaining about high prices on the amiga-market is just pathetic. It's just a hobby market so there's not much to do about it. Buy whats available if you're intrested in Amiga, if you're not intrested  in Amiga go buy some cheap windows box

The Pandora handheld, the beagleboard, Jens's ACA accelerators all are in the hobby market. While they have higher prices than mainstream computing, none of them are extreme. Unlike this.

[zylesea]

Why would i use something that has nothing to do with  my hobby and is MUCH more limited and expensive than the mainstream alternatives?

Dunno - what was you hobby again?
Was it using a computer in the spirit of Commodore Amiga or was it woshipping a name?