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http://www.insanely-great.com/news.php?id=614
Cheap non-Apple hardware arrives
By ron carlson, Insanely Great Mac
July 6th 2002
Now you can buy a Mac-compatible G3 600MHz tower complete for under $600
A Slashdotreader writes to tell of an Amiga user who successfully installed MacOS 9.2
using Mac On Linux. Additionally, the correspondent states that OS X compatibility is
"on the to-do horizon" for developers.
He goes on to say, "I think that it will be interesting to see the people at Apple
lose some sleep now that a low cost, fast, off the shelf solution exists to run Mac
OS, without any Apple hardware. If it doesn''t do anything else, at least it will give
the people buying the new Amiga One G3 PPC board an existing software base."
The computer used -- an Amiga One -- is produced by a British company, Eyetech, sells
for $550 and has the following specs: 600MHz (IBM 750CXe, soldiered onto the MB), 2X
AGP, four PCI slots, two PC133 RAM slots (2GB max.), ATA100 HDD support, CD drives,
AC97 audio, and two USB (additional two front-mounted optional) and two FireWire
ports.
That''s a fairly beefy box for the money. However, as noted, current AmigaOne
computers aren''t CPU upgradeable. But, according to Eyetech this situation will
change probably before the end of the year. Eyetech claims upcoming Amiga computers
will feature fast G3 and G4 processors that reside in the same processor socket
currently used by Apple.
Three other factors speak well of the architecture created by Eyetech and Amiga --
it''s Linux compatible, DIY kits are available for a bit over $200 and, get this,
Eyetech offers an upgrade guaranty when next-generation motherboards are available --
you''ll get at least 75 pecent of the original purchase price back when you buy a new
kit or system. That just simply rocks.
And, yes, these low-cost computers run Amiga OS too (if you''re into that).
Analysis: I certainly don''t wish Apple any harm. Nevertheless, they certainly could
use an education in producing low-cost machines and competition is good.
Post your comments at:
http://www.insanely-great.com/news.php?id=614
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