| From: | Andy Wanless |
| Date: | 21 Oct 2000 at 17:01:45 |
| Subject: | Re: Amiga announcing silly named things? ;) |
On Sat, 21 Oct 2000, Matt Sealey wrote:
> > "zico" specification for the AmigaOne seems interesting. Why CD/DVD
> > though? Shouldn't it be insisting on DVD these days? Why is a modem part
> > of the specification?
>
> It's market speak. CD/DVD just means a drive capable of using both, it's a
> reassuring term (i.e. your 5000 CD collection isn't gonna be useless, and
> your new DVD collection can expand..)
That's actually what I was assuming it meant. But there's always the
possibility it means CD or DVD. But nobody would be that stupid these
days, would they?
> As for the modem, it's not like everyone has an ethernet port in their
> living room, let alone the kind of connection required to connect to
> the outside world at the speeds it allows.
With any luck, everyone will, someday. Either with ASDL, cable modems, or
a cute little aerial like I've got on the roof. Modems must die! Evil
things.
> > All seems fairly disappointing to me. Had enough stuff hacked onto
> > "classic" Amigas already, and is a PPC AmigaOne going to be that
> > impressive?
>
> No more impressive than a similarly-specced PowerMac Cube.
>
> Then again, I'd LOVE a Cube ;)
They are kind of cute, yes. Stupidly expensive, but cute. They should have
a hole on the bottom and a little nipple on top so you can attach several
together, Lego-style. (If anyone can think of a better word than "nipple"
for the little, erm, nipples on top of Lego bricks, please share it ;).
They're a bit small though, aren't they? I could easily lose a machine
like that under a pile of paper. Something a bit bigger than 8 inches
would keep me happy.
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