500+ was expensive when I bought my A500. An ST was cheaper and the C64 was probably somewhere around the 100 mark. So the original Amigas were at a premium price.
Well these days people expect computers to either be dirt cheap or they expect to pay a bit more and get something attractive like an iMac.
I would like to see a very quiet well designed Amiga that will be able to sit in the living room playing DVDs, audio, recording TV programmes. Perhaps the base unit could sit in the living room and communicate with the display/keyboard/mouse via a wireless link?
I expect a super new Amiga, otherwise why do I spend loads of money on it? AMD x86 and Linux does everything I want on the net. My Windows box runs all the audio/MIDI apps I will ever need.
The world was a different place back in the Amiga days though.
PCs displayed text and 16 colours, people didn't play music or video on their PC or have any thought of playing complex games.
Amiga was born out of the games and home computer industry, created by some of the brightest sparks at that time. They put their life and soul into the chip and architecture designs and that's why it was one of the best systems at the time.
However these days you have PCs that play, record, edit and encode audio/video, high power 3D chips, good off the shelf audio hardware etc.. etc..
That fact is an Amiga that is based on PPC and some off the shelf chips isn't really that cutting edge. They're not even using very fast PPC chips looking at the specs shown.
If it was really an Amiga it would be doing something different like using two CPUs and unified memory archtecture and it would have 5.1 audio outputs, multiple VGA display outputs, TV in and out, video recording and playback etc... The Amiga defined the term multimedia, why would an Amiga just be a PPC board and not have incredible audio and video facilities?
Well the policy makers are not usually the policiticians, you could call the politicians the policy managers. You have to relate to them in a management style, then they can go back to their advisors and rethink their plan.
Politicians don't like being criticised, you should be nice to them then suggest something slightly different to their proposals. Criticise them and they go on the defensive.
Linux is just the kernel though, if you were to get usage stats for GNU software such as compilers and editors then this would be more assuring to those switching over from commercial software to free software.
Given that you can get cars in the UK that do near 60MPG I think 30MPG is pretty appaling in this day and age.
SUVs are purchased in this country by people who just want to buy into the sporty wealthy image. I look at them as people who can't drive though, needing a high viewpoint to be able to park.
There's been around 9 revisions that I know of. They're also releasing an even cheaper model in different colours. The link ports are being removed to save a few pennies.
Planes are commercially driven, if they add lots of metal shielding then it might mean losing a few passengers.
They could however remove all the stupid magazines from the seat pockets and then insulate the electrics. This was always the joke about Concorde, they didn't armour the fuel tanks due to the extra weight, yet by removing the magazines and the kitchen they might have found the weight they needed.
Probably because most people see the open source desktop as being some kind of cheap Windows rip off?
Personally I don't think 3D will be of much use until the input method is figured out. I certainly don't want to stick on gloves and wave my arms around to use a computer, far too much effort.
Anyway, we still write letters on flat paper, books are still 2D. What good will a 3D text file be? there are many limitations on what 3D applications will work. I think we'll just end up with a 3D desktop management system and nothing much else.
I would much rather have a desk where the whole surface is a screen, that's the sort of computer I can see being rather useful, especially do those working in a drawing office.
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500+ was expensive when I bought my A500. An ST was cheaper and the C64 was probably somewhere around the 100 mark. So the original Amigas were at a premium price.
Well these days people expect computers to either be dirt cheap or they expect to pay a bit more and get something attractive like an iMac.
I would like to see a very quiet well designed Amiga that will be able to sit in the living room playing DVDs, audio, recording TV programmes. Perhaps the base unit could sit in the living room and communicate with the display/keyboard/mouse via a wireless link?
I expect a super new Amiga, otherwise why do I spend loads of money on it? AMD x86 and Linux does everything I want on the net. My Windows box runs all the audio/MIDI apps I will ever need.
The world was a different place back in the Amiga days though.
PCs displayed text and 16 colours, people didn't play music or video on their PC or have any thought of playing complex games.
Amiga was born out of the games and home computer industry, created by some of the brightest sparks at that time. They put their life and soul into the chip and architecture designs and that's why it was one of the best systems at the time.
However these days you have PCs that play, record, edit and encode audio/video, high power 3D chips, good off the shelf audio hardware etc.. etc..
That fact is an Amiga that is based on PPC and some off the shelf chips isn't really that cutting edge. They're not even using very fast PPC chips looking at the specs shown.
If it was really an Amiga it would be doing something different like using two CPUs and unified memory archtecture and it would have 5.1 audio outputs, multiple VGA display outputs, TV in and out, video recording and playback etc... The Amiga defined the term multimedia, why would an Amiga just be a PPC board and not have incredible audio and video facilities?
Exactly, a PPC based board filled with off the shelf parts? why not just buy a Mac and replace the OS with something else.
Always been an Amiga fan, but they have nothing to offer over anyone else these days.
Well the policy makers are not usually the policiticians, you could call the politicians the policy managers. You have to relate to them in a management style, then they can go back to their advisors and rethink their plan.
Politicians don't like being criticised, you should be nice to them then suggest something slightly different to their proposals. Criticise them and they go on the defensive.
Indeed and they do now have a choice, the choice is Linux.
Just shows that Microsoft are shooting themselves in the foot, the beginning of the end?
Tags worn by criminals that actually prevents them from commiting crime by inflicting pain if they attempt to visit certain areas.
Of course this is all a bit Clockwork Orange like and would never be allowed.
They're a commercial company, it's in their interests to kill off old products as people aren't going to buy your new ones.
Every company has to draw the line somewhere, otherwise their support departments will have to keep on growing, eating away at profits.
Linux is just the kernel though, if you were to get usage stats for GNU software such as compilers and editors then this would be more assuring to those switching over from commercial software to free software.
GCC is for example a fairly mainstream compiler.
I reckon they've adding Java into the name to help promote Java technology.
I'm sure there is a Java runtime in there, but that's no different to many other Linux systems.
Who hyped up their Parhelia chip only for it to turn out to be very expensive and slower than NVidia's offerings.
VW Golf PD TDi has 225ft/lb 0-60 in 8 seconds and does well over 45MPG. It's pretty damn hard not to get 40MPG out of it regardless of driving style.
Which when you contrast with a Shogan that's barely into 20MPG and takes mearly twice as long to get to 60. I know what I'd rather be driving.
Given that you can get cars in the UK that do near 60MPG I think 30MPG is pretty appaling in this day and age.
SUVs are purchased in this country by people who just want to buy into the sporty wealthy image. I look at them as people who can't drive though, needing a high viewpoint to be able to park.
But the lotto is worse odds than that and millions play that :)
We do need to take any threat seriously though, it will drastically affect life on earth.
There's been around 9 revisions that I know of. They're also releasing an even cheaper model in different colours. The link ports are being removed to save a few pennies.
104 UKP, so that's much less than $200, the US generally has better prices.
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http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.htm
I rest my case.
Should be Microsoft Certified Sales Engineer, the tests are as much about being a Microsoft advocate as being able to administer the bloomin stuff.
$200 for a burner?
I can buy one in the UK for 69, so you should be able to get one for $80-100 at least.
Planes are commercially driven, if they add lots of metal shielding then it might mean losing a few passengers.
They could however remove all the stupid magazines from the seat pockets and then insulate the electrics. This was always the joke about Concorde, they didn't armour the fuel tanks due to the extra weight, yet by removing the magazines and the kitchen they might have found the weight they needed.
What if you're blind?
3D works well for people without disabilities, if you have a disability it makes using a computer even harder.
What if you have no arms?
Probably because most people see the open source desktop as being some kind of cheap Windows rip off?
Personally I don't think 3D will be of much use until the input method is figured out. I certainly don't want to stick on gloves and wave my arms around to use a computer, far too much effort.
Anyway, we still write letters on flat paper, books are still 2D. What good will a 3D text file be? there are many limitations on what 3D applications will work. I think we'll just end up with a 3D desktop management system and nothing much else.
I would much rather have a desk where the whole surface is a screen, that's the sort of computer I can see being rather useful, especially do those working in a drawing office.
It's quite spooky when it's in-between optical marks, it sits there flashing. Quite spooky in a dark room.
Probably one of the better wheel mechanisms, my Microsoft wheel mouse's wheel nearly seized up, even with lubrication.
I somehow don't think the mouse will be replaced anytime soon. Tablets require too much movement compared to a mouse and people are lazy.
Wouldn't like to compile KDE and XFree86 on a PS2 :)