Joined: 11-Mar-2003 Posts: 2993
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@COBRA
The Natami is interesting since it's what Commodore should've released in the 90's. It isn't something for people wanting to watch fullhd movies or play Crysis.
However, how amazing would any SAM or the X1000 be if it was combined with the Natami? I don't know how expensive but that would be a computer for me .
COBRA wrote: There's one big difference between NatAmi and X1000, which some people overlook. Amiga in its time was a cool computing alternative with multimedia and multitasking capabilities not seen before. NatAmi doesn't have any capabilities that would blow you away and it also doesn't stand a chance of being an alternative computing platform today. NatAmi is a re-implementation of the classic Amiga system, taking the original 25-year-old technology and concepts further. But the system doesn't have anything new to show today, because even a lower-end graphic chip today will be able to do far more impressive stuff with pixelshaders and the like. So its market will be limited to the retro-enthusiast-geek, which is fine of course and is the target market for the NatAmi. What about the X1000? It does have something new to show today with the Xena/Xorro system, which being part of a home computer is an entirely new concept waiting to be exploited by the geek community. It also has a good chance of being a suitable alternative to a modern PC, depending on software availability of course. I hope both will do equally well.
@COBRA
Are you saying that the X1000 provides alternative multimedia and multitasking capabilities not seen before? If so, you are sadly mistaken and Xena/Xorro isn't going to provide any new earth-shaking experiences in computing. The X1000 has no chance of becoming an alternative to a modern PC. The technology behind the X1000 is already some 7 years old and is being developed around a CPU that has been discontinued. And what software does it have to offer in competition to PCs? I don't see any modern browsers for it, no office suite, no video editing capabilities, and no games being developed for it. It's a hobby system and you're delusional if you believe it will ever be a suitable alternative to modern PCs.
Why are people on this board so intent comparing two systems with totally different target audiences. The Natami team never said they were trying to develop a system to compete with modern systems, or the X1000, or even implement pixel shaders or other fancy GPU abilities.
Natami is for the retro-Amiga crowd who want to see a successor to the A4000 and beyond. End of story. It isn't trying to rebuild markets or take on the X1000 or any other platform.
As for your last sentence, hope is not a plan. And we've seen no plans from Hyperion or Trevor. Just a couple demos and some vague release dates that get delayed and postings about 5 mysterious developer boards that some clown tried to pass off as a production run.
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