>>> The Efika and Sam were at the absolute limit of CPU power required >>> to run a desktop system.
>> Yes, I would have never bought one of these slouches for desktop use, >> not even when they were new.
> I might have considered a SAM460, if only for the PCIe expansion
I think he referred to the Sam440, as did I in my reply. If the Sam460 was "at the absolute limit of CPU power required to run a desktop system", the Efika 5200B and the Sam440 would have been way below it.
> the Erika had issues (in particular with the PATA port and the limitations to > the length of the drive cable).
And 128 MiB RAM were completely unusable for a desktop system in 2006.