But the Amiga was all about the hardware. Sticking an Amiga badge on a PowerPC or IBM-PC compatible misses the point. I mean, who is that meant to appeal to? Sure, it could come bundled with a version of workbench, but you'd have to be crazy to buy a home computer with an OS that has even less support than OSX and Linux in their early years.
I doubt that the current owners of the brand name have the skill or money to develop new Amiga-exclusive hardware, but that's what needs to be done. The 16-bit computers were a strange breed (as were the 8-bit computers before them) - sure, they functioned as computers, but for a huge number of families they also took on the role of console equivalent too. Some sort of PS3 with a built in keyboard and a workbench-like OS is the closest equivalent that I can imagine as a viable modern day Amiga.
I doubt that the current owners of the brand name have the skill or money to develop new Amiga-exclusive hardware, but that's what needs to be done. The 16-bit computers were a strange breed (as were the 8-bit computers before them) - sure, they functioned as computers, but for a huge number of families they also took on the role of console equivalent too. Some sort of PS3 with a built in keyboard and a workbench-like OS is the closest equivalent that I can imagine as a viable modern day Amiga.