@WolfToTheMoon

It would be interesting to hear how many copies of OS4.x have been sold. Those who could afford dedicated hardware (SAM 440/460, PPC accelerators etc) are probably the very same people who'd plan to support the X1000 too. Bearing in mind the economic climate, if say 25% of OS4.x owners intended to upgrade - they could well sell 1000 units. Would 4000 paid users of OS4 be unreasonable? I must admit I have no idea ... but it seems like a reasonable figure given the small size community and the fact multiple retailers make a living selling this stuff (AmigaKit, Versalia etc) as well as enough of a market to make continual development of OS4 worthwhile.

Edit: Add those like myself who may return purely to buy the X1000 ( I've spent probably twice this amount on Amateur Radio kit the last 5 years... and that's "only a hobby" too) ... and the target of 1000 doesn't seem that unreasonable.

I'd assume Trevor and Hyperion have already had these talks and decided the risk was small enough to warrant investing in hardware design etc. I can't see Trevor throwing money into something if the figures/forecasts didn't look reasonable on paper.

Last edited by TCMSLP on 06-Sep-2010 at 02:51 PM.