Custom hardware for MorphOS exclusive
  • Paladin of the Pegasos
    Paladin of the Pegasos
    koszer
    Posts: 1246 from 2004/2/8
    From: Poland
    I've found a 600EUR Pegasos II system on AmiBay. As the price is very high (from the "what you get for your money" point of view) it might as well count as a "nice collectors item". After all the ODW costed $799 back in 2005.
  • »11.09.18 - 15:22
    Profile
  • Paladin of the Pegasos
    Paladin of the Pegasos
    redrumloa
    Posts: 1424 from 2003/4/13
    Quote:

    Andreas_Wolf wrote:
    >>> the .last one sold for $1,100 (USD)

    >> Pegasos II systems usually go for half that.

    > Link?

    500 EUR (= 580 USD) one week ago.


    OK, the price is trending down now on the Peg2. A couple years back they went for much more. For a while it was the only system that could dual boot OS4 and MorphOS. Even after Sam460 got a MorphOS port, people seemed to prefer the superior Peg2. I guess now with Cyrus Plus / X5000 supporting both OS, the Peg2 is finally losing it's shine.

    [ Edited by redrumloa 11.09.2018 - 12:28 ]
  • »11.09.18 - 17:22
    Profile
  • Yokemate of Keyboards
    Yokemate of Keyboards
    Andreas_Wolf
    Posts: 12079 from 2003/5/22
    From: Germany
    > the price is trending down now on the Peg2. A couple years back they
    > went for much more. For a while it was the only system that could
    > dual boot OS4 and MorphOS. Even after Sam460 got a MorphOS port,
    > people seemed to prefer the superior Peg2. I guess now with Cyrus
    > Plus / X5000 supporting both OS, the Peg2 is finally losing it's shine.

    koszer's quote (770 USD at that time) is from 2011/2012, so after OS4 release for the platform and before MorphOS release for Sam460 (and way before X5000 release). I remember there was a significant rise in Peg2 resale value in the 2 years between OS4 release for Peg2 (02/2009) and Sam460 release (01/2011). Many Pegasos II systems changed hands especially after MorphOS release for Mac mini in 10/2009 when many MorphOS users switched from Peg2 to Mac. This Peg2 "migration" and value peak dropped with the Sam460 release and essentially died with the X1000 release a year later. It's been 7 years of relatively low Peg2 resale value since then.
  • »11.09.18 - 18:32
    Profile