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 Amiga Inc. Faq-O-Matic : Amiga General FAQ :
What Processors will be used in new desktop computers? |
| The new AmigaOE (Operating Environment), codenamed "Ami", will be hardware independant - that means, it doesn´t matter what CPU you are running it on,
as long as this CPU is supported by a Tao translator. PowerPC, x86, StrongARM,
MIPS and others are already on that list, with yet more to come.
As for the new Amiga being unique - Amiga Inc. has commited to design
a new desktop, the AmigaOne, but basically hardware manufacturers are
free to create their own hardware, and run Ami on it. So probably there
won´t be a "unique" system like the A500, but the "uniqueness" will be
the fact that you are able to use Ami anywhere, on the hardware best suited
to the job.
And be informed that this new architecture is an evolution, not an iteration,
from what you know as AmigaOS.
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Well the thing I wanted to know is what processors will be used on the AMiga One, which you said Amiga Inc. is designing?
Because every classic amiga is still a better built system than anything else available today, and uses better hardware. So i wouldnt want the new Amiga OE to run on just any random system. I would want it to run on a system that is totally different than anything else available today as far as PC's, Macs, and servers go. know what I mean? so basically what i am asking, is the Amiga ONe going to be unique from the machines everyone else is building? As in, is it gonna use a different processor than everyone else, or a different whatever than anyone else (even though the new OE is hardware indepentent)? Cuz I don't like what ANYONE is currently offering. Compared to classic amiga systems (even still), if it says X86 (as in an intel chip) or Microsoft or Apple-Macintosh, its crap.
So I, and probobly many others, are looking forward to a system running the Amiga OE, FROM AMIGA INC., whose hardware in the system (such as processors, etc.) is not the same hardware used/needed to support the X86/Windows platform, or Mac platform. But rather something unique. SO basically i guess you could say, is the Amiga One (which I assume Amiga Inc. will build?) going to be unique compared to everything else on the market, even though other hardware manufacturers will all probobly use the same hardware design?
I hope that was clear, and i hope you can understand what i was really asking. thanks again.
peace- Jeff
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