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An Amiga Netbook? All my dreams have come true! I think this will be the first EVER "portable" Amiga?
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06 December 2011, 15:10 | #22 |
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06 December 2011, 20:09 | #23 |
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This is an AmigaOS 4.x netbook. NO other laptop / netbook / tablet etc can run AmigaOS4, even with UAE.
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11 December 2011, 19:10 | #24 |
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I prefer to save the money for the FPGA Arcade. I think it will bring more fun.
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11 December 2011, 21:15 | #25 |
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What did take them so long?
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12 December 2011, 16:25 | #26 |
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Kill it with fire.
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12 December 2011, 18:35 | #27 |
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I rather wait for ages for a Natami than buying one of these things :P
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13 December 2011, 17:43 | #28 |
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could well be the other way round...
(i'll have both) |
19 December 2011, 00:53 | #29 |
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seems alot of money for an emulator?
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19 December 2011, 01:54 | #30 |
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It's not an emulator, AmigaOS 4 will run natively on the actual device, so it'll be a genuine portable nextgen Amiga.
It's speculated that the device is the 400MHz LimeBook seen on www.limefree.org with 256Mb RAM and 4Gb flash storage, optionally 512Mb and 16Gb. The entry-level one with 256/4 cost $199 back in 2009, so bordering on 2012 a more current price would probably be $149. This means you could be asked to pay as much as $350 for AmigaOS 4 alone, more than twice as much as the computer itself. At least to me, it is bat-shit crazy to ask that much for the operating system that AmigaOS 4 is today. |
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19 December 2011, 09:25 | #32 |
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How can people still support these retarded ventures? The fanatism goes well beyond logical comprehension |
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19 December 2011, 17:44 | #34 |
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Of course, the e300 went to 800Mhz according to Wikipedia (The FONT of all knowledge! ). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PowerPC_e300
And memory is a bit cheaper than it was then.. So, it might have a bit more of a kick... Who knows... desiv |
19 December 2011, 23:39 | #35 |
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Whilst as I say I'd probably want it, my preference would be for Amiga0s 4.1 just to be x86 so I could use my main computer...
Yes I know I could use AROS. And maybe I will. But 4.1 should have been x'86ed so it could have had loads more targets to work on. |
19 December 2011, 23:41 | #36 |
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Stick an XMOS in there while you're at it
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20 December 2011, 00:24 | #37 |
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£188 to £330 I think I could live with that, its about the only way I will ever experience 4.1 and having a portable native Amiga OS cant be a bad thing.. Aros isnt an option for everyone, certainly doesnt work correctly on my laptop :/
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In related threads on amiga.org, amigaworld.net and amigans.net, and like DDNI said if you google a bit it seems to be the best/only good match. But like you said they could be working on something different and it could just as well end up being $300 for AmigaOS 4 running on a more recent $250 device. |
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20 December 2011, 09:16 | #39 |
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Business plan for Hyperion = Sell as many OS4 licenses as possible. Have HW base to support the new licenses. Ensure HW / SW compatibility.
NEED = Compatible hardware that is readily available in a known volume with the option of scaling the platform upwards in line with demand. iBook G4: Available = Yes, Second hand. Known quantity = No. Readily available = No. Scalable = No. HW support for users = No. Profit in HW sales for Hyperion = No. OS4 Netbook: Available = Yes. Known quantity = Yes. Readily available = Yes. Scalable = Yes. HW support for users = Yes. Profit in HW sales for Hyperion = Yes. To achieve the goal, the OS4 Netbook appears to be the HW route of choice. |
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and ill say again lot of money for an emulator , since when does os4 run classsic real amigas games or apps natively ohh yea it runs an emulator lol ,dooh get real , os4 is great for what it is but its not an amiga its a real slow ppc so there you go thats the truth of it,
now if you said a cheap os4 machine then yeah but it aint no amiga and never will be as i cant seem to recall a 68000 cpu init anywhere or???? now if they made a separate slot which is what i would have done and had an amiga with real chips on a card to stick in so it did run amiga stuff properly then yipee it would nearly be an amiga. |
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