My Review of AmigaKit's Sam460ex Complete System

[mpiva]

I recently purchased a Sam460ex Complete System from AmigaKit and thought I'd write up an extensive review with photos for those who might be interested. You can find Part 1 on my Amiga.org blog.

Part 1 - The Order (Posted)
Part 2.1 - The Hardware (Posted)
Part 2.2 - The Hardware (Posted)
Part 2.3 - The Hardware (Posted)
Part 3.1 - The Software (Posted)
Part 3.2 - The Software (Posted)
Part 4 - The Conclusion (Posted)

I hope you enjoy it. I'll update this thread when the next parts to the review are added.

[runequester]

Very nice. Looking forward to the rest of it

[magnetic]

Nice report! Look forward to the next part. Congrats on your new sys.

btw why in the world did you have to pay taxes if its mailorder??

[klx300r]

btw why in the world did you have to pay taxes if its mailorder??

we Canadians are taxed to death here! 13% on everything we buy + income tax + property tax + fresh air tax etc.

@ mpiva

congrats on your new Sam460ex:drink:ACube has great support for their Sam range so enjoy the future updates

[magnetic]

klx300r

Please DO NOT complain about your taxes. At least you have comprehensive healthcare. MANY americans have been put in 100K + debt due to medical problems/operations..

[klx300r]

@ magnetic

complaining? merely stating facts...when you pay for 'universal healthcare' your whole life then I suppose you will understand my comment

[Pyromania]

@mpiva

According to the first part of your review Amigakit & FedEx did a great job and even time traveled and got you your system in early Feb a good month and a 1/2 before you ordered it. I did not know time travel shipping was even offered.



I'm looking forward to reading the rest of the review. Amiga OS 4.1 is a nice OS.

[Kesa]

I read the review and it's great!

But i didn't realise it would cost that much. I was thinking US$700-800.

There is hope for future though. The Australian dollar has gone above parity and they think it will go as high as A$1.20 in the next few months. This means imports are going to get very very cheap!

Better start looking at that x1000...  :rolleyes:

[Kesa]

klx300r

Please DO NOT complain about your taxes. At least you have comprehensive healthcare. MANY americans have been put in 100K + debt due to medical problems/operations..

Proof of the superior American economy. Suckers! :hammer:

[Kesa]

we Canadians are taxed to death here! 13% on everything we buy + income tax + property tax + fresh air tax etc.

@ mpiva

congrats on your new Sam460ex:drink:ACube has great support for their Sam range so enjoy the future updates

That's horrible! 13% is such a hard number to work with. In Australia we use 10% on goods and services. It's so liberating doing other peoples tax returns using only the fingers on your hand... :rolleyes:

[magnetic]

Kesa

All one has to do is look at your sig and we see who the real "sucker" is..

[Kesa]

Kesa

All one has to do is look at your sig and we see who the real "sucker" is..

Thanks!

[mpiva]

@mpiva

According to the first part of your review Amigakit & FedEx did a great job and even time traveled and got you your system in early Feb a good month and a 1/2 before you ordered it. I did not know time travel shipping was even offered.

:rofl:

  Didn't you know that North America is a good month behind the UK? :razz:

Thanks for pointing out my mistake, though.  All fixed now.

[kolla]

That's horrible! 13% is such a hard number to work with. In Australia we use 10% on goods and services.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxation_in_Norway :rtfm:

[mpiva]

Part 2 is now being posted. I've had to split it up into 3 sub-part due to the 10 image limit on blog posts.