| From: | Bill Hoggett |
| Date: | 16 Sep 2001 at 16:19:57 |
| Subject: | RE: [amigactive] Re: AmigaOS XL for x86 finally announced |
Hi Jim,
>I think/hope OS4.0 will provide substantial improvements in its own right
to
>make, say, the AmigaOne attractive in its own right. I assume Amiga are
aware
>of the need for there to be a readily perceived benefit to uppgrading ! :-)
>Such benefits may increase if/when core apps go to PPC code themselves?
Given timelines and stuff, I wouldn't expect too much from AmigaOS 4.0.
Think AMIthlon for PPC - kind of. Don't expect too much in terms of
substantial OS improvements from OS 3.9.
>I agree there is this here-and-now attraction, whether this will last when
>future options are realised, I don't know.
Future options are many months if not years away. When they become a
reality, I'll think again, but in the meanwhile I'm happy to make use of my
existing x86 hardware and keep many hundreds of pounds in my bank account.
I'll think about buying an Amiga PPC system after it has thoroughly proven
itself, assuming the platform survives that long. I hope it does, but I'm
not willing to risk a lot of money at this stage.
>What about the proposed Merlancia boxes?
Has anyone said they will run MacOS X? Besides, those systems are only
"proposed" at the moment. I'll look at them when they are released and
we'll have to see if they can deliver at the proposed price range.
(Just to give you an idea, my x86 was upgraded recently. Although my gfx
card is expensive, a similar card would be no cheaper for a PPC system. The
new DDR motherboard, 1.4GHz Athlon and 512MB of DDR memory cost me ?350. I
don't expect the AmigaOne board alone to be much cheaper than that, and a
high-end G4 would push the price through the roof. You see where the
problem is? In contrast, the A4000, in a full Micronik tower with
060-50/200MHz604e, plus CVPPC card, NIC, 12GN HDD space and ~80 MB RAM, on
which I spent close to ?1,000 - second hand mostly - earlier this year, sits
practically abandoned by the side of my desk, and has been a bitter
disappointment. I'm not going to throw any more money away on unproven
buys.)
Regards,
Bill Hoggett
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