Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sat 5th May 2007 23:03 UTC
ACK has pretty much confirmed that their high-end Amiga system will use PA Semi chips. In an IRC session, Adam of ACK replied to the question how ACK was going to build a system faster than anything Apple ever produced on the PPC side: "Think PA Semi quad-core chips." Adam also said ACK started talks with PA Semi about a year ago, while also promising specifications of the high-end system to be released coming Monday.
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"Bah!", I say. If they wanted to make Amiga OS 4 available to the masses they would release a version that can be loaded on old Macs. There exists a cheap and plentiful supply of such machines.
I don't believe that the their motivation is to place Amiga OS onto absolutely cutting edge hardware. Why does Amiga OS even /need/ cutting edge hardware? It's a small, efficient OS.
I'm sure that most Amiga who are still following Amiga OS 4 would be happy to pick up an old 500mhz PPC mac and then pay $50 or $100 dollars for a copy of Amiga OS 4.
The whole custom hardware path is built around the IP owners attempts to block piracy (if it became a problem, there would be other methods that could be used) and to build in massive margins for themselves.
Having re established the platform in such a manner, they could then pursue pie in the sky, custom hardware solutions.
Why should Amiga heads invest any more time in a company that puts its own interests so far ahead of the userbase? Oh, and the guy forgot to add the usual, "...and it'll be available in 18 months" rubbish that Amiga users have come to know and love.