Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sun 27th Jul 2008 22:20 UTC, submitted by paolone
It's not exactly bliss and angels in the Amiga world. AmigaOS 4.0, while done, released, and updated, is hard to come by because you either need a supported classic Amiga, or one of the three Amiga Ones ever sold. With a lawsuit underway nobody really understands, and no interest whatsoever from any hardware vendor, the future looks rather grim. On the MorphOS side the grass isn't exactly a whole lot greener. MorphOS 2.0 has been released, but again, nobody is producing any decent hardware for the operating system to run on. Genesi sells the Efika-based OpenClient, but this device lacks the graphical chipset to power the new 3D features of MorphOS 2.0. In addition, MorphOS 2.0 has a hefty price tag of EUR 150. There is a third option, which has been making steady progress for years now: AROS.
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EUR 299 is reasonable for a low unit production motherboard. Take a look around at the prices for small non-x86 boards, they often cost a lot more. It's for sure a huge improvement over boards like the Pegasus or AmigaOne, which did cost a threefold.
And don't forget the dollar makes everything expensive nowadays.
RE[2]: SAM440EP motherboard
by calica on Tue 29th Jul 2008 00:53
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Pick up a copy of Circuit Cellar or Nuts & Volts. There are tons of ARM based SBC for under US$150. These run Linux out of the box but usually slower. Now that Microchip has adopted MIPS for PIC32 you should start seeing alot of those too. All of these are low volume (compared to ASUS or other MB manufactuers) so I don't buy the low volume argument.
RE: SAM440EP motherboard
by AmigaBlitter on Mon 28th Jul 2008 10:19
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The company behind the sam440ep, ACube Systems, has decided to ship AROS along with the board, making AROS the second officially supported operating system for the board (after Linux).
Porting AROS to a low-spec motherboard that costs 299 Euro? That's $470 US Dollars!
How many people really own one of those boards?