jjvdgeer (+3.1)
21/5/05 8:10AM |
Great initiative! Thanks for this!!  |
Revin Kevin (+4.7)
21/5/05 12:51PM |
The A9home seems like an interesting computer, and I can not wait for it to be released. |
piemmm (+2.6)
21/5/05 1:08PM |
The a9home is well small judging from the photos on the live show page, looks like no noisy fans, either! |
JohnB (+4.7)
21/5/05 1:30PM |
The A9 looks to be just the sort of h/w I was looking for. I feel slightly disappointed with the price point - £499 + £87.53+ delivery gives us a total of around £600. However it isn't a bad price for the RISC OS market and I'm just pleased to see this great little machine nearing completion.
I'd be interested to know what model of HDD is bundled with the £499 model. But in any event I need to save my pennies and hope my PC hardware hasn't devalued too much by the time the A9 is released '_^
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jonix (+1.1)
21/5/05 2:08PM |
Not hard to predict that people would complain about the price. People complained about the price of an Iyonix citing that if it was cheaper they would buy it. Along comes a cheaper machine and "if only it was cheaper". |
helf
21/5/05 2:35PM |
wow! the a9home is TINY! I want one :P |
JohnB
21/5/05 2:45PM |
In reply to jonix:
I for one WILL be buying an A9home. I've been waiting for something that is a significant step above an upgraded RPC, runs a current version of the OS and is below the Iyonix price range. The A9Home is that computer so, unless I decide to leave RISC OS for good, then that's what I have to buy ^_^ The fact it is so compact and cute is just an added bonus.
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helf
21/5/05 3:14PM |
yeah, its very nice! and its screaming for a laptop mod  I might buy one just to get that working.
I still cant get over its size I was not expecting something that small. |
Spriteman
21/5/05 3:16PM |
The A9H looks lovely. Seems like I great way to replace my RiscPC. I know Acorn built them well but I was wondering what would happen if it finally died. Still the other option is a macMini with VRPC. Small, fast, cool and 2 interesting OSs.
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Spriteman |
vshears
21/5/05 3:24PM |
The A9home does indeed look very nice. The case looks like an off the shelf extruded aluminium case but seems to work very well.
I am 80 percent certain I will buy one. |
DaveC
21/5/05 3:37PM |
The hard disc is 2 1/2 laptop drive - no make given.
Power supply gives 20 Watts because of 4 USB connections - but the A9home itself only draws 2 1/2 watts
499 + VAT seems a bit high - but that's what the BBC Model B cost in 1983.
I thought the Apple took 5 secs to draw at the demo but on the stand later I timed it at
4 secs.
No date given for it being on sale - 'It's ready when it's ready'
Dave C |
mavhc  (+3.2)
21/5/05 3:53PM |
Apple only seems to take about 2.5 seconds on my RiscPC |
DaveC (+3.2)
21/5/05 7:25PM |
But this is Beta software - maybe with de-bugging routes - certainly not optimised.
This was in a high screen mode as well - there is 8Mbs of video Ram |
freder
21/5/05 8:24PM |
What's that running on the Apple mini? Emulator or fake? |
aardvark (+3.2)
21/5/05 11:15PM |
In reply to freder:
emulator. |
Sawadee
21/5/05 11:34PM |
Maybe we were just lucky we didn't get a full sized version for double the price? 
Looks like Apples & Acorns are on a similar style path now. |
sa110
21/5/05 11:57PM |
But, they are not Acorn's any more. |
Spriteman
22/5/05 9:52AM |
details, details |
Revin Kevin
22/5/05 11:51AM |
Witht he apple render how does it compare with the Iyonix and Omega.
Also it is good news about all those informtaion terminals with RISC OS 5 in. |
markee174
22/5/05 1:57PM |
It seemed very nippy in the presentation, even dropping out into prompt and forcing a full redraw.
Given the price differential, comparisons to Iyonix and especially Omega seem unfair (on the Omega and Iyonix)....
Iyonix is still (IMHO) top of the range machine at top of the range price. A9 is a great replacement for RiscPC if you don't want to stretch to it. |
markee174
22/5/05 2:09PM |
The Artworks and IconTechnology lecture sessions both had a 'workshop' sessions about them (probably more by accident than design).
It was great to see the programs being put through their paces..... |
hzn
22/5/05 2:26PM |
Apple rendering:
Pity resolution, colour depth and enlargement were not stated. Apple takes 3-4 secs to render on IYONIX pc true colour 1600x1200 at 150% and just 1 second in same setting but at 50% display scale. |
md0u80c9
22/5/05 11:37PM |
In reply to hzn:
The A9 still has a lot of untapped potential which is why the OS and machine is being classed as 'beta'. The OS needs further modifications to utilise the full specification of the machine. There is also debug code present on the developer models demonstrated. Aside from testing, the whole point of the 'beta' release was to allow Ad6 and their co-developers the time to now refine the OS and the drivers for the machine. I would expect significant performance and functionality improvement yet from the machines displayed at Wakefield.
The A9 appears to match and on many renders exceed the Iyonix on graphics performance at present (I have seen timed drawfile rendering speeds which validate this, but not yet timed Artworks renders). I would anticipate this performance to be increased further in the coming weeks. |
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