What some of you have you have said....

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Fabio Netto (Voter #280) said :
"I think there should be a modular Amiga, like the CD��, you buy a console, then expand it to a real computer at low cost. I don't want to see over- expensive, underpowered Amiga's on the market. Think about making a PC and Mac compatible emulations for DOS and games, and cheap monitors. How about selling pieces apart, like motherboards? Just the way the PC won the market, sell it, widespread it, make cheap systems, expensive ones, and make the computer modular!
How about laptop Amigas????... I hope this can be of some contribution."

David Loader (Voter #281) said :
"If Gateway2000 can't help save the Amiga no one can."

Markus Bieler (Voter #282) said :
"Good luck. (And work together with ProDAD (pOS))"

Matija Ribaric (Voter #283) said :
"It's time to make the real decisions on the Amiga's future. We have supported the Amiga during the bankruptcy, so please don't give up, because I think Amiga is the best computer in the world."

Richard Suchy (Voter #284) said :
"Save the Amiga... not keep it the same. They should not be a historical preservation society, but should honestly try to improve on what Be Inc. has done and what it has done in the past. Using improved hardware interface tachnologies is paramount, as well as making it possible to use IMB, but with Amiga specific drivers."

Bruce Schoenberger (Voter #288) said :
"Use the PowerPC to aid in compatability with other OS's
- OK to make a version using the Alpha chip
- As to how to bundle it look no further than the PC market for starters.
- I very much like what Phase 5 is doing.. perhaps future models could use Phase 5's design as a starting point.
- Price it low to compete with PC's
- Use 3rd party hardware where it makes sense
- Equip it with one floppy drive and one Jaz, SyJet or Fujitsu Dynamo 640
- Add easy to use networking capability - If possible, allow it to run Mac OS as well as Windows (it saddens me to say that but I think it will make it easier to sell to non-Amigans
- MAKE IT NOW!!!
Good luck!!"

NAME NOT GIVEN (Voter #289) said :
"It's a nice machine, with good user support, decent programmes if they are available.
I just like the Amiga, but now it's time to get into the 21st Century. A good architecture and a fast processor are essential. And yes, it does cost money, but there's no such thing as a free lunch. And don't forget economy of scale. Look at Intel."

Toon van Hesselt (Voter #292) said :
"Universal serial bus, Dim, PCI, 3D accelerators"

Marek Suchowski (Voter #294) said :
"I've been using this machine for years and will keep doing this as long as there are some really cool raytracers and C compilers. Anybody interested in a great future, should stop this silly gaming thing."

Frank H. Miller (Voter #296) said :
"Really hope the PPC accelerator boards will come out, they are the ones which will save the Amiga. Otherwise, it will die....."

Simon Lonsdale (Voter #298) said :
"Keep up the good work on keeping the best computer around alive!"

Uwe Hirth-Schmidt (Voter #299) said :
"Gateway shouldn't wait with news until it is too late : frequent little updates/news are more impressive than big innovations every two years! This would bring you more response also. Perhaps this can avoid things like the event of the past few years."

Mark Collette (Voter #301) said : "Everyone keeps on saying that they want all this software ready to go on the machine, but what you're forgetting is that when MicroSoft does that, a ton of third party developers go out of business. Plus it takes a lot of effort on the part of the OS writing company, which doesn't make sense on the Amiga. The way to do it is for each third party company to bid to have their software pre-installed, but not pre-registered. This way the OS price doesn't go up for the consumer, the third party companies do even better, and Amiga International can focus on what's important - creating a kickass machine!
Here's what I think should come with the machine :
- AsimCDFS, or an equivalent, as CD-ROM support out of the box is essential
- Directory Opus, as Workbench is nice, but sucks relatively
- An Internet suite consisting of a Web Browser, FTP, Telnet, Mail, News, IRC clients (TCP/IP should be in the Kernel)
- Development tools, like GCC. Possibly package the Geek Gadgets CD or something.
As for hardware, here's a few peripherals that are essential :
- Modem at 28.8 with an option for faster speed of course
- Ethernet option (None, 10BaseT, 100BaseT)
- CD-ROM 8x or better, as full motion video requires that
- If not a CD-ROM, a DVD ROM or DVD RAM option
- SCSI and IDE controllers so smart people can easily add stuff, and poor people can too
- All of this should be in a mini tower or full tower as most people HATE the inaccessability of laptops
I guess I should mention some of the core hardware stuff too :
- Don't fall into the trap of going for cheap PC graphics cards if there's something better (AAA concept, but better)
- Personally, I think PowerPC is the way to go, but we shouldn't discount Alphas for high end machines. I mean, if you provide a JVM, and a 680x0 layer of emulation, anyone will do.
- Oh yeah, Java! I program in Java, and know it's the way to go!"

NAME NOT GIVEN (Voter #302) said : "Although I am against the power hungry Microsoft software, Word, Excel Access, and most of the other MS Office software is very flexible, much better in many respects to that available on the Amiga.
I hope that commercial software on the Amiga will be less resource hungry, but just as powerful as MS products.Br> I also need to see 24bit GFX and 24bit printing, in the OS."

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