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The Iyonix experience

Posted by Phil Mellor on 12:17, 10/1/2004
RISC OS, Mobile computing, Internet, Acorn, Site, Hardware, IYONIX, Castle Technology

Review. A year has passed since the Iyonix was released, but has Castle's baby learnt to walk or are they still changing its nappies? One year on, we look at the current state of the Iyonix, and evaluate the customer experience. With an increasing number of competitive products - the A6 and RiscCube on the desktop, the portable Alpha, RiscStations and RiscBook, and the quietly strengthening Omega - it's not just the hardware and operating system that can win a sale, the PR and customer relations are important as well.

This is the first in a three part review - later episodes will look at the bundled software, compatibility issues, and support.

Iyonix review - part one

	The Iyonix experience
	ad (12:38 10/1/2004) andrew (14:20 10/1/2004) SparkY (14:29 10/1/2004) fwibbler (14:44 10/1/2004) martin (15:11 10/1/2004) moss (20:30 10/1/2004) epistaxsis (02:04 11/1/2004) markee (09:47 11/1/2004) monkeyson2 (10:43 11/1/2004) Daniel Jones (10:30 12/1/2004)

Andrew Duffell	Message #92706, posted by ad at 12:38, 10/1/2004
Prints of Yarm Posts: 3262	Nice review :) Pity I can't afford one :(
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Andrew	Message #92707, posted by andrew at 14:20, 10/1/2004, in reply to message #92706
Handbag Boi Posts: 3439	I know the feeling. Still, I didn't get a RiscPC till 5 years after it was released and it's still managing fine.
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Gavin Smith	Message #92708, posted by SparkY at 14:29, 10/1/2004, in reply to message #92707
Danger! Danger! High Voltage! Posts: 697	Really nice article, great pics too. Only makes me want an Iyonix even more...
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fwibbler	Message #92709, posted by fwibbler at 14:44, 10/1/2004, in reply to message #92708
Posts: 320	Nice article. Looking forward to the next part. Cheers!
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martin hansen	Message #92710, posted by martin at 15:11, 10/1/2004, in reply to message #92709
Member Posts: 17	Ace article - I really enjoyed reading this - lots of depth without being tedious. And, importantly, an excellent piece to have available on-line for anyone new and curious about Castle's flagship machine.
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John Hoare	Message #92711, posted by moss at 20:30, 10/1/2004, in reply to message #92710
...óflå...óflå...óflå... Posts: 9348	I should be getting one soon, and this review just makes me want one even more...
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keith dunlop	Message #92712, posted by epistaxsis at 02:04, 11/1/2004, in reply to message #92711
Posts: 159	nice review my wife (who bought my iyonix!) was very impressed with the welcome guide - "If only windows came with something like this" I don't miss select features as I refused to line w**nker middleton's pockets further that RO4.02 fcukin lovely 'puter :-)
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markee	Message #92713, posted at 09:47, 11/1/2004, in reply to message #92712
Unregistered user	When is part 2/3 going to appear (hushed expectation)
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Phil Mellor	Message #92714, posted by monkeyson2 at 10:43, 11/1/2004, in reply to message #92713
Please don't let them make me be a monkey butler monkeyson.info Posts: 12380	Thanks for the kind words, folks. scribbles furiously
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Daniel Jones	Message #92715, posted at 10:30, 12/1/2004, in reply to message #92714
Unregistered user	in reply to epistaxsis: Windows is an Operating system, not a compute. I know the welcome guide contains the basics of RISC OS, but comparing an operating system (software) to a computer (hardware) is not a very good comparison. <\rant>
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