Thanks xyphoid (I think!). I know that the current Amiga and MorphOS is a single core affair. Those extra cores could become coprocessors - using one to run another instance of MorphOS in a window (or whatever) could lead to some really useful debugging techniques. Or even run PPC linux in a window - that'd be a really cool way to leapfrog the issue of all the modern application software we'd like to have on MorphOS. That linux-in-a-window could even use the other cores.

@ Andreas - Interesting but I want nitty-gritty! How much? Was it just a matter of money or was there also an expectation of a lot of new users coming to the platform? It'd be really interesting to know but I'm not expecting a real answer.