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Re: Dave Haynie expresses thoughts on Natami and X1000 Posted on 19-Apr-2011 11:24:08
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| @eXec Quote:
I feel like the one in the middle |
Your irony and sarcasm is too subtle sometimes
Talking about your statement about PPC being dead, have you read my post #356? For convenience I'll quote myself: Quote:
It would seem the SEPTEMBER announcement was following THIS he he
It would seem that performance of Freescale CPUs is bound to rise a lot due to competition at the higher-end, which in turn should have the nice side effect of providing Amiga with strong PPC CPUs in the future...
Besides, older Altivec from Freescale had 162 instructions, while their PR said the new one is an improved rendition (which seems to be proven by the fact the next one will have 180 instructions instead). |
Simply put, there are new PPC CPUs on the horizon which are guaranteed to be fast performing and better priced due to strong competition coming, something totally new and unexpected. Let AmigaOS evolve on the X1000 and maybe the X2000 will be a Freescale based competitively priced (attractive) package. The high prices are only dictated by the current state of affairs, investors won't put much cash in advance (for a potential mainstream offering I mean) since they know that AmigaOS in current state would not appeal to the mainstream.
However the "after-X1000" scenario could be different, by then AmigaOS might be mature enough to have a broader appeal (thus convincing investors to put more money on the table), and due to new competiton coming, Freescale will be forced to raise their Price/Performance ratio, thus making a powerful and cheaper Amiga, a possibility in the coming future.
Be patient my friend, or, if like me you don't have much, do either 1 of the following things: forget about amiga, come back in 2 years and check where it stands or....like me say a big "go to hell" to other platforms, buy an X1000, support AOS development and enjoy the bumpy but utlimately satisfactory ride _________________ SamFlex Complete 800Mhz System + AmigaOS 4.1 Update 4 Amiga 2000 DKB 2MB ChipRam GVP G-Force040 Picasso 2 OS3.9 BB2 AmigaCD 32 |
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