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I'm not plain anti the emulators. I just find it a bit wierd calling a bog-standard PC a 'RISC OS' machine because it has an emulator.

That's like selling a Mac as a PC because of VPC. Ok, you could sell a Mac in that way, but it's obviously not the same as having a real PC. Saying so is a bit daft.

There's also something really weird about using a vast, overheating Pentium chip to make an OS that only needs a tiny, low-power CPU to run.

This is why I hope for a cheaper 32bit Xscale machine from Castle. New ARMs will keep real RISC OS hardware ahead of emulation by a large margin. It just needs a machine for the market to start getting sentimental about. The Iyonix is fab, but with it's boring PEE CEE case and high price, it will struggle to become a much-loved machine like the RISC PC. Castle could at least find a case manufacturer who'll make them the front in an unusual Pantone to get back to that 'I saw an Iyonix on BBC4 last night!!!' excitement again.

is a RISC OS UserJessFranco on 7/10/03 5:16PM
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