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Why no new hardware for MorphOS??
« on: January 28, 2011, 12:50:19 PM »
Last night i was wondering why there is no new hardware for morph os, os4 has the sam440, the new460ex and when available the new x-1000 (plus the old amiga one and micro).. yes i know there are the mac but all this hardware is old and used without any sort of warranty..
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Re: Why no new hardware for MorphOS??
« Reply #1 on: January 28, 2011, 12:51:57 PM »
The userbase is probably even smaller than OS4, so no one dares investing in it. But MorphOS could probably be ported to the existing new hardware if the developers wanted to.
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Re: Why no new hardware for MorphOS??
« Reply #2 on: January 28, 2011, 12:58:48 PM »
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yes i know there are the mac but all this hardware is old and used without any sort of warranty..


But you can buy 4 or 5 Apple systems for the price of just one of those low-production systems!
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Re: Why no new hardware for MorphOS??
« Reply #3 on: January 28, 2011, 01:01:25 PM »
all this hardware is old and used without any sort of warranty..

Who cares if it is dirt cheap? One fails, you buy another. On the other hand, this hardware is of high quality and risk of failure is low.
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Re: Why no new hardware for MorphOS??
« Reply #4 on: January 28, 2011, 01:03:25 PM »
There is quite good reason: there is no reasonably priced new hardware. On the other hand Macs have one good advantage: it has got the name ;-)
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Re: Why no new hardware for MorphOS??
« Reply #5 on: January 28, 2011, 01:05:30 PM »
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Last night i was wondering why there is no new hardware for morph os, os4 has the sam440, the new460ex and when available the new x-1000


Because the hardware that MorphOS is available for is way, way faster, way, way cheaper than the ones you mentioned. MorphOS runs on mainstream PPC HW that is proven and very easy to get a hold of.

The Sam/X1000 route is nothing but pointless madness.

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yes i know there are the mac but all this hardware is old and used without any sort of warranty..


That old hardware is still much faster than the HW you mentioned above, you can have it repaired by any Apple dealer, or if you don't bother with that, you can easily buy several spare machines and still be *way* under the cost for one single, low performing Sam. There really is no problem!
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Re: Why no new hardware for MorphOS??
« Reply #6 on: January 28, 2011, 01:06:23 PM »
I was waiting for this thread to be started.
 
The main reason I would expect would be who needs new hardware.  I doubt anyone in the Morphos wants top pay the prices of the sam when we have more powerful second hand, better designed cheap hardware in lost of quantity.
 
Come on them supply the figures that show how many copies of OS4 have been sold and how many MorphOS ?
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Re: Why no new hardware for MorphOS??
« Reply #7 on: January 28, 2011, 01:10:11 PM »
The MacMini is an awseome piece of kit, small , silent , well designed.  I was sceptical at first.  But people who refuse you Mac hardware are blined by the OS.  Mac Os sucks balls, well I really don't like it anyway, but your only using the hardware.  despite what you think of apple, and i won't buy apple products, they do generally make good looking, robust hardware.
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Re: Why no new hardware for MorphOS??
« Reply #8 on: January 28, 2011, 01:19:02 PM »
I see a lot of folk mentioning cheap Macs here, I don't call the 350 quid I paid a few months ago for this old iMacG5 cheap and you'll very rarely see one going for much less on ebay. So where do you all buy these cheap Macs ???

Im also led to believe that MorphOS can't even be used on the G5 (something to do with the GFX Card I think) which is a shame as I reckon anything must be better than Mac OSX 10.5 ... :(
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Re: Why no new hardware for MorphOS??
« Reply #9 on: January 28, 2011, 01:24:05 PM »
Quote from: killer;610137
Last night i was wondering why there is no new hardware for morph os, os4 has the sam440, the new460ex and when available the new x-1000 (plus the old amiga one and micro).. yes i know there are the mac but all this hardware is old and used without any sort of warranty..

My 1.25Ghz eMac cost me $30. I could buy 30 spare computers at this price and still have spent less than a Sam460.
 
BTW, I do not bad mouth Acube. They seem to be a real company with real product and real warranty, something that cannot be said of some previous "Amiga" hardware vendors. I simply have no use or desire for their product.
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Re: Why no new hardware for MorphOS??
« Reply #10 on: January 28, 2011, 01:30:38 PM »
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I see a lot of folk mentioning cheap Macs here, I don't call the 350 quid I paid a few months ago for this old iMacG5 cheap and you'll very rarely see one going for much less on ebay. So where do you all buy these cheap Macs ???

The Thunderbird Swap Shop is where I got mine, paid $30 for a 1.25Ghz eMac. I eventually plan on getting a top end G4 Power Mac or possibly a top end G5 Power Mac. From research the G4 will run me $100-$150 max, the G5 would be $200-$350 max. Some people have an inflated view of what their computers are worth, like idiots on Craigslist asking $400 for an eMac. You just have to filter those idiots out and find the real sellers.
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Re: Why no new hardware for MorphOS??
« Reply #11 on: January 28, 2011, 01:32:01 PM »
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Im also led to believe that MorphOS can't even be used on the G5 (something to do with the GFX Card I think)

MorphOS doesn't yet support PowerMac G5. The currently supported hardware is listed here: http://www.morphos-team.net/hardware.html
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Re: Why no new hardware for MorphOS??
« Reply #12 on: January 28, 2011, 01:37:16 PM »
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MorphOS doesn't yet support PowerMac G5. The currently supported hardware is listed here: http://www.morphos-team.net/hardware.html


Thanks anyway Piru, You pointed me to that link before when I asked about the G4 I bought just before the G5 and the GFX card in my G4 isn't supported either... :(

(I must be buying the wrong type of iMacs...)
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Re: Why no new hardware for MorphOS??
« Reply #13 on: January 28, 2011, 01:39:02 PM »
Mac are all used and out of production and i don't think apple repeairs them at low price.. btw if you are happy to look for used refurbished hw then you are welcome..
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Re: Why no new hardware for MorphOS??
« Reply #14 on: January 28, 2011, 01:40:07 PM »
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Last night i was wondering why there is no new hardware for morph os, os4 has the sam440, the new460ex and when available the new x-1000 (plus the old amiga one and micro).. yes i know there are the mac but all this hardware is old and used without any sort of warranty..


Folks in butterfly country usually are able to do some basic economic calculation. If there was sustainable demand there would be a product. Seems like currently there is no sustainable demand.
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