From: | Matt Sealey |
Date: | 22 Jun 2001 at 16:20:42 |
Subject: | Re: Whinge,whinge!!!! |
Hello Alan
On 22-Jun-01, you wrote:
>> Worse, I'd have to shop at Eyetech in order to claim some kind of
>> support for it, in which case it would be $100.
>
> ack! if this is the case then i strongly disagree with this. Support
> should come from Amiga directly...eg downloadable files if drivers needed.
> so long as the card i buy from 'mr supplier' is the same as Amiga specify
> then it should work and i dont need to go via one supplier.
No, you're missing the point completely.
My card explodes. I want a replacement because it was somehow flawed,
but when they ask "what have you been running it in", I have to reply
"An Eyetech AmigaOne!"
Support->sup_Chances--;
>> As for your $60 price: Did you forget to buy speakers and cables,
>> too, Alan? That's $10 at least added to the price, $50 if you want
>> a seperate subwoofer, $75 if you want a cheap 5.1 solution.
>
> ?? of course I forgot speakers, I've already got a HiFi, I use that for my
> computer and console sound. (why use crappy speakers/amp etc for Dolby
> AC3 5.1 ????)
And when someone ELSE buys this product? I speak in generic terms
about generic products and pricing, and you immediately turn it to
a personal matter. I don't care if YOU already have speakers. Nobody
else HAS. Hence, price $100+ for a complete kit from an approved
supplier for anyone BUT YOU.
> if you read between the lines you can see that there is a plan for an
> 'allinone' type system....settop box style? with built in SCSI/SOUND/GFX
> chipset..but thats looking far into the roadmap...a roadmap which also
> counts the AmigaONE as just a stopgap measure before the real machine
> arrives if you read closely. Of course I'm going to quibble between $100
> being quoted and $40 in real life...thats a $60 saving...which almost pays
> for the G550 card (or whatever)
You can't do development on a settop box without a PC by your side. I
work on settops for a living: there's no way you can get any kind of
development environment on the box and be comfortable with it in the
settop form factor.
The OS I have on this box is practically desktop class: but you wouldn't
want to code directly into the box and compile it there and then.
Thanks
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