Sam460 price

Does anyone know if ACube gave any more up-to-date pricing info on the Sam460 than on their web site? (e.g. at an Amiga show)

Their site says 650 Euros (I took the higher value), which converting to GBP & adding VAT brings it to ?626.


EDIT: Oh, and I guess this price excludes memory? Looks like 1GB will cost around ?25+P&P. And guess I should add price of a PCI SATA card (for a fully-functioning mobo) - seem to be circa ?20+P&P. Which brings the price to around ?680.

@ChrisH

and what about os4.1?

Bet there will be some complete systems for sale.
Maybe at around 1100euro???

@Antique
Good point! OS4 would add around ?100 to the price.

As for the cost of a complete Sam460 system, I reckon it will be over ?1100 (inc VAT). That's 1150 Euros without tax.

@Antique

what about people who are upgrading to a Sam460 from a Sam440 and therfore already have a registered copy of OS4.1

@328gts

Quote:

Your registered copy of AmigaOS 4.1 doesn't contain the SAM 460 HAL which is needed in order to be able to run on the SAM 460.

If you're upgrading by selling your old machine, then the new user will want a copy of AmigaOS 4.1 anyway. If you're buying an extra machine, then you should have one copy per machine.

Hans

@Hans

who me??? nah my Samflex@800 is staying right here where she belongs
and ya ..brain fart..the one copy per machine of course makes sense....

@ChrisH

650? is much money only for one mainboard with 350 less, I am satisfied, Amiga OS apart.

@328gts

By so far you have learned that they have divided OS 4 and OS 4.1 distros by machines, so 1 copy goes only per one board or type of machines.

It should be purely the matter of CPU and board drivers, but by keeping the versions separated, I suppose they get clearer picture on hardware sales plus prevent some easy piracy.

So, there will be 460 version of OS 4.1 for sure, as well as of X1000

@ChrisH

Also components prices have increased in the last 6 months so I expect a few euros more than the announced price (same for X1000 BTW).
We'll see...

Sam and Sam Jnr are awaiting Sam Senior