OOOOOOO….what could THIS be

[number6]

Imagine how Apple fans would feel is some cheap Asian OEM started putting out "Macs" in replica cases running Windows 7 or Ubuntu, they'd be foaming at the mouth and find it a huge insult.

erm...
Imagine?
"They are plans for something like Mac Mini too."

http://www.amiga.org/forums/showpost.php?p=625741&postcount=3

#6

[EDanaII]

Imagine how Apple fans would feel is some cheap Asian OEM started putting out "Macs" in replica cases running Windows 7 or Ubuntu, they'd be foaming at the mouth and find it a huge insult.

Not saying you're wrong, but... at least Ubuntu is closer to Darwin than Linux is to AmigaOS. Apple fans would be pissed, but at least they'd be in more familiar territory...

[dammy]

Imagine how Apple fans would feel is some cheap Asian OEM started putting out "Macs" in replica cases running Windows 7 or Ubuntu, they'd be foaming at the mouth and find it a huge insult.

I got news for you, C=USA is not using low quality hardware.  I guess you don't remember the screaming about OS-X or going Intel coming from the macheads?  I mean it's BSD with Mac OS theme then the eeeeeevil Intel hardware!  Hell, the macheads were going to load up on the one true PPC macs and use them till hell froze over.  Or don't you remember that all?

Putting the Amiga brand on this cheap tat is not innovative

Cheap as in affordable hardware or cheap as in low quality?  Yes, it's going to be affordable hardware and not some sky high PPC pricing.  If you are saying it's low quality hardware, back up that claim.  We do not know exactly which specific CPUs nor what the new OS will be based on for the new Commodore Amigas.

does not represent anything the Amiga was famous for, and just proves to cheapen the name, ruin the legacy and hurt people who were touched and had their lives changed by this unique machine, by reducing the Amiga legacy to, basically a badge on a PC-clone (which was a machine we all hated back then).

Could be far worse, he could have chosen a dodgy PPC mobo from a OEM that was about to go out of business leaving everyone high and dry.  See, could have been a far far worse!

[Borut]

Could be far worse, he could have chosen a dodgy PPC mobo from a OEM that was about to go out of business leaving everyone high and dry.  See, could have been a far far worse!

Ok but installing Linux on it with red color and an Amiga desktoppicture and UAE and it would have been on half the way to be accepted by you, right

[Karlos]

I got news for you, C=USA is not using low quality hardware.

Is it going to be better quality than the PC I already have for an equivalent price?

Somehow, I strongly doubt it.

[Boudicca]

Not quite the word that came to my mind.



It`s called the 'McCarthy era'.

Yes, and I wrote the entire post during a migraine attack what's your excuse for 14.5 words of sh*t

[AmigaNG]

SO COOL, I waited so long for this day! Though i could of bought the extract same device without Amiga branding off ebay at any time, now thats its got the name Amiga on it, it must be the next new real Amiga and be soo much cooler and a full Amiga experience me must go a order one right away!!!  :crazy:

[Khephren]

All this being said is probably just supporting evidence as to why I sold the site and (mostly) moved on.

I have zero interest in the Antique.  Only slightly more in Android tablets.

Suffice to say that I think you should all count your blessings that someone stepped forward to buy the site when they did, and you've got someone such as Bill P (who still believes) and Karlos around who actually give a damn enough to run it.

sad to say, after all you did build this place.  but Maybe it's time you moved on then?

[Iggy]

"No! You came here for an argument!" - John Cleese

[number6]

"No! You came here for an argument!" - John Cleese

Going from memory here, but I believe the correct response is:

NO! I didn't!

#6

[HenryCase]

Imagine how Apple fans would feel is some cheap Asian OEM started putting out "Macs" in replica cases running Windows 7 or Ubuntu, they'd be foaming at the mouth and find it a huge insult.

Not exactly what you meant, but this is pretty similar:
http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/29/meizus-m8-apple-lawyers-start-your-engines/

@Boudicca
Any chance you could tone down the vitriol a little?

[Boudicca]

@Boudicca
Any chance you could tone down the vitriol a little?

Sure. Anything for a friend. In the end, it's words, not actions, you should see me when I'm angry, you won't like me when I'm angry

Even the Angels take cover.

[amigadave]

A late April Fool's Joke???

Where did these pictures come from?

[Digiman]

Ok.  Now I'm mad, and I've rewritten this about a dozen times, because -- like an argument you know you'll have with your wife when you get home -- I just knew that the moment that someone posted anything about Amiga's upcoming tablet, all the little negative cockroaches would scurry out from the cupboard to do anything they could to trash the idea.

As such, I've had time to get my proverbial blood ready to boil, and -- to no one's surprise -- sure enough, you guys are true to form in your bitching and moaning...

Suffice to say...  The Amiga "community" will never get it.  

If it's not a dead-ended, 10x overly-expensive PowerPC-based piece of crap, you guys will never accept anything that anyone does.  Even if it *is* the aforementioned piece of crap, you guys sit around here bitching about it and picking it apart until there's really no point any more.  

How many people have tried to bring anything to the table (including Genesi) only to get sick and tired of dealing with this rabid community and move their attentions elsewhere?

Seriously, it's no wonder that this community has pretty much been abandoned by anyone willing to invest real time, effort, and most importantly, money into any forward-looking venture.

Just to seem redundant, if not to push my point, this is EXACTLY why I told Bill not to even bother with posting it here when he let me in on their ideas and plans.

Time to face facts guys.  

Unless you're willing to be openly shafted by hobbyists trying to get your hard-earned money for antiquated toys (and oh boy I wish I cared enough to rip you all off -- erm, I mean develop said toys), the Antiquated Amiga (as most of you seem desperate to continually define it) is dead.  

Much like dog years, in computer terms, the Commodore Amiga platform is roughly 97 years old, having been forced to retire when Commodore died at age 70.  

Sure, there are some old boxes that refuse to die, but time isn't on their side, and let's face it, unless you're one of those people who have dozens of Amigas in your garage, when yours dies, there's probably a 99.9% chance that you'll just move on to a real computer.

I don't intend to slight those of you who like hanging out with your  grandparents (or in this case, their computer) but damn.  I mean..   damn..  

While I wish there were something more "Amiga" about an Android tablet, and even though I already own a far superior iPad, even *I* think that the move towards supporting Android is the right way to go for Amiga Inc.

Especially if they can eventually work to bring something new to the table and maybe even provide something unique for it, like a developer program, and (God forbid) community for it.

The way I see it, you can either be part of the problem, or part of the solution, and hell, even I'll probably toss in to buy an Amiga Android tablet, if for no other reason than to get in on the ground floor of developing for it.

It'll be cheap enough.

Are you so afraid of Amiga Inc actually producing anything that you're willing to suffer through getting nothing at all, or even worse, actively trying to destroy any chance they have of succeeding?

Really?

Wayne

What a load of rubbish you spout, Amiga Inc could have made an FPGA machine like Minimig years ago, and even made Amiga-in-a-joystick like the C64DTV and then there are other non PPC based 060 beating machines to come. You just come out of a coma?

I'm glad you sold this site, you don't even know the difference between generic hardware+software emulator and even basic Amiga compatible OS (ie AROS) on generic non PPC machines. Very sad, I can only suspect site is now owned by A Inc or a close supporter of them reading your drivel.

[dammy]

Ok but installing Linux on it with red color and an Amiga desktoppicture and UAE and it would have been on half the way to be accepted by you, right

For the Commodore Amiga series, I really don't know what OS is going to be the base for it.  I have FC14 installed on two systems, I don't need another Linux distro, TBH.  OTOH, had GW done the Neutrino or Linux Kernel as the base for WB4, I would have been VERY happy.  I was apart of the Phinixi (as a beta tester) and was receiving QNX 6 updates in the mail from QSSL, and I was very impressed in what I used.

[dammy]

Is it going to be better quality than the PC I already have for an equivalent price?

Somehow, I strongly doubt it.

I will have to consult my Magic 8 Ball since I have no idea on what you are using or if it's home built vs factory built.   I know who he is having the work done in China, he is a very lucky man with many deep connections.  To give you an example of the quality Barry is expecting, he is a solid Apple guy.  Take that as you will.