@pavlor

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And people are still buying dedicated hardware for OS of their choice. Crazy world...

How many people?

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Now I see, you left the platform too early to know its complicated (and frustrating...) history. PowerPC CPU was choosen for Amiga by Amiga Technologies (and with consent of the community) in 1995/1996. First PowerPC CPU cards for A4000 were introduced in 1997. When Amiga OS 4 project started in 2001, PowerPC was in this regard logical choice. Amiga OS is now PowerPC native OS, port to another CPU architecture is possible, but it needs much more time and money than Hyperion has.

I left(I still have my a500) the platform not because of PPC, but because Amiga OS was not competitive in the market. And I still read news and browse forums from time to time. The announcement of finally going x86 has brought me back from hiding.

I don't know how many time or money Hyperion has but that doesn't mean I cannot deduce simple things like they are royaly f***** up if Commodore Amigas come to market for twice as less money offering more performance, more versatility and a proper name(one that is more recognizable then AmigaOne).

Hyperion could always go back writing applications and games for amiga market. That is, if sales rise of x86 Amigas, what's stopping Commodore into opening something like Commodore/Amiga store and selling applications, be it for ubuntu or (less likely) AROS.

Last edited by WolfToTheMoon on 03-Sep-2010 at 10:34 AM.
Last edited by WolfToTheMoon on 03-Sep-2010 at 10:33 AM.

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