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Re:After 14 years a new printed UK Amiga magazine by 7thaccount on Monday October 26, 2020 @08:00AM (#24895162)
Can't believe a modern Amiga is like $1700 for 2 GB of RAM (upgradable to 4 GB),when I just bought a Pi4 with 8 GB RAM, quad-core processor, and 128 GB micro SD card for like $150 with a case, fan, heat sinks, hdmi cables...etc.
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Re:After 14 years a new printed UK Amiga magazine by vidarh on Monday October 26, 2020 @10:28AM (#24896500)
That's because you're paying for an extremely small-run PowerPC machine for dedicated fans who absolutely want something that can run latest AmigaOS4.

For those who "just" want the cheapest way of running Amiga software, and don't have any particular reason for wanting one of the PPC boxes, an x86 PC with UAE (Amiga emulator) or AROS + UAE is a far cheaper option.

For those who wants something closer to the "classic" hardware, there are a number of FPGA based options with various degrees of advances over the classic hardware.

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Re:After 14 years a new printed UK Amiga magazine by 7thaccount on Monday October 26, 2020 @03:43PM (#24900419)
Yeah, I get it's niche, but still pretty expensive.
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