Representative Netbook Image
At the just completed AmiWest Amiga show, Hyperion Entertainment announced plans to bring to the market an Amiga netbook computer by mid 2012.
Not much information was released, however it was said to include a PowerPC processor, 12″ screen, solid-state memory for storage, external video support, USB, wireless, and other standard ports.
The hardware will be sourced and suited to Hyperions’ specifications from an OEM manufacturer, and the price target is $300-$500 USD including the AmigaOS 4.1 license.
The AmigaOS Team Lead Developer, Steven Solie, said AmigaOS 4.1 was already booting on a prototype version of the Netbook.
Further details will be announced as the release date approaches.
I’m definitely going to purchase this netbook when it is released.
Hope it will attract many fence-sitters and classic users to the world of AmigaOS 4. Perhaps it’ll draw attention from outside the community as well. That would be awesome.
I can say that I am not in the community and I will buy one when it comes out. I was a stubborn C64 user who never upgrded to Amiga and finally got a PC in the late 90s. Now that I’m in the market for a new laptop, I thought it would be fun to try something different and make the jump to AmigaI should have made years ago.