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ruben wrote: @djrikki 4 things made an Amiga: A - High performance, unique custom hardware B - Outstanding operating system and GUI (Workbench) C - Exclusive/awesome games D - Kick-ass user community .

On point A, late 80s Intel 860 RISC CGPU says Hi i.e. the classic Amiga is not SGI.

The classic Amiga associated high performance at a value and affordable price.

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@ruben

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4 things made an Amiga: A - High performance, unique custom hardware B - Outstanding operating system and GUI (Workbench) C - Exclusive/awesome games D - Kick-ass user community It wasn't until after the demise of Commodore (and Escom) in the Gateway years, that it's decided that point A is a dead end, due the way the industry evolved. Only since then, the Amiga is reduced to B, an Operating System. C and D are pretty much gone, obviously. So this is why the whole "whatever runs AmigaOS4 is the true Amiga" is BS to me. Escom were the last to build Amiga computers.

I could not agree more. Cripes...I'm not even sure what Amiga COULD even mean to me anymore.

I recall being conflicted in the mid to late 90's about some talk about dropping the use and/or support of custom hardware chips and instead use Linux or QNX as a kernel with Amiga being relegated to a mere GUI API with some portable development language a-la JAVA. In hindsight, perhaps QNX may have been a good move. Either would have given Amiga a multi-platform and mobile base. RIM just purchassed QNX. This may however not ultimately save RIM from what currently appears to be certain doom for them. Is Amiga just a brand now, like Virgin, and if so what does it stand for? My vote is for friendly technology that is both innovative and promotes/fosters creativity.

"Oh...I'm so confused" ~ Vincent 'Vinnie' Barbarino

In MY perfect world, we'd see an AmigaOS ported to x86 and to ARM running on Amiga-branded hardware including laptops, netbooks, slates and mobile phones. Using off-the-shelf hardware using a common reference platform but which would include some standard custom expansion/programmable hardware and a partially or fully-open AmigaOS that 3rd paties could expand on in exiting, creative and innovative ways. But sadly, this will not likely ever see the light of day, and perhaps it shouldn't.

Bottom line is that CBM USA is simply tapping into their vision of what Amiga means to them NOW...which they are gambling will resonate with many folks out there who most likely no longer or have never owned an Amiga...an all-in-one PCs that offers access to not only standard OSes and hardware devices in an all-in-one form factor, but also provides an alternative OS that makes references to the original concept and even allows one to run some of the retro software for it through AROS, UAE/Amiga Forever. Their original concept does not appeal to me personally, but who am I to dictate or tell anyone what their vision should be of the Amiga, specially when one considers that it looks like they may have paid for the right to use the Amiga name for AIO systems.

Last edited by elatour on 07-Sep-2010 at 09:22 PM.

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