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Genesi Introduces Dedicated MorphOS PCs

Posted by timothy on from the and-a-handy-defrost-setting dept.

Velcro_SP writes "When was the last time a company had the nerve to attempt a worldwide introduction of an all-new desktop computer with dedicated OS? Genesi has been demonstrating prototypes all around Europe, most recently in Poland, in the USA, and is even making noise about Moscow. Throwing all caution to the wind they are moving past beta stage, announcing the consumer release scheduled to occur at an Aachen, Germany convention on December 7th and 8th. The Pegasos is a PPC processor-based computer designed and manufactured in Europe. It runs MorphOS, a PPC OS based on the Quark microkernel."

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  1. But can they run... by ksuMacGyver · · Score: 1, Funny

    Linux? :) And of course: "Imagine a Beowolf cluster of these?" Disclaimer: Not a troll, just a joke...

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  2. Next week on Slashdot by Istealmymusic · · Score: 3, Funny

    Gnutella Introduces Dedicated MorpheUS PCs! Let the swapping begin!

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  3. Can you imagine... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    ...a Mosix cluster of these?

  4. What is this thing. by jericho4.0 · · Score: 4, Funny
    So I click on the first link and get a screenshot of an OS running on a microwave. Hmmmm.

    I click the second link, and after some digging, figure out that this is a legacy free port of the old Amiga OS.

    My question is, what is this? An OS for microwaves? Graphics/Multimedia a la BeOS? Something to hack with? Or is it all about Amiga nostalgia?

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  5. Re:Last Dedicated OS/Computer Combo by Gropo · · Score: 4, Funny
    So, how long till *these* guys get a buyout off from Apple?
    Probably right after Razor Scooters gets a buyout from Segway...
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  6. Re:amiga? by Captain+Zion · · Score: 4, Funny
    This look awful similar to a microwave, that's it.

    Indeed. It will probably look great with a chicken cooking screensaver.

  7. What is it with the Germans? by sql*kitten · · Score: 5, Funny

    Genesi has been demonstrating prototypes all around Europe, most recently in Poland, in the USA, and is even making noise about Moscow.

    Everytime they invent a new technology the first thing they try to do with it is invade Poland and Russia! :-)

  8. Really want these things to move... by Eric_Cartman_South_P · · Score: 3, Funny
    ...then make the base nice and small. And give me a flat screen. Maybe wide-screen format! Yeah! And add a nice gui, and some good usable apps for chat, DVD burning, mail, some web services, music... uh... wait... nevermind.

  9. Re:amiga? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    ha ha, you used an actual word in your post.

  10. Quark Microkernel joke.. by [cx] · · Score: 2, Funny

    It must take a really DENSE person to program one of those hahaha

    ahhh.. i kill myself with those ones!

    [cx]

  11. Re:amiga? by gl4ss · · Score: 2, Funny

    another try:

    iirc uae emu's aga (&ecs)gfx arch.

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