Although Acorn, the original manufacturer is no more (it got snapped up and sold when accountants realised that it's ARM shares were worth more than the parent company), manufacturing rights to the powerful Risc PC range of personal computers (PCs) passed to Castle Technology Ltd who continued to manufacture them right up until 2004. However, Castle weren't sitting back doing nothing. They were secretly developing a new machine based on modern ARM technology, the superfast, power economical X-Scale processor. In 2004 they announced to the world the Iyonix computer, which was met with critical acclaim not only by long-term Acorn enthusiasts but also by intelligent computer users around the world who were fed up with Microsoft based PCs being unreliable and inefficient.
So, what's so fantastic about RISC OS then? Why is it such a secret weapon amongst those who use it, yet relatively unknown throughout the world?
The reason I call it a secret weapon is that it gives me the edge in my business - which is a huge benefit in todays high competition IT industry. The biggest advantage is its sheer productivity. RISC OS gets the job done - and I'm usually finalising a job just as a similarly competent Microsoft user is struggling on the first stage of the task in hand. This allows me to give better quotes, quicker response times and faster turn-around of time-critical contracts. For example, by using RISC OS I can usually guarantee to undercut a web design quote and, at the same time, get it done in half the time.
Although Acorn, the original manufacturer is no more (it got snapped up and sold when accountants realised that it's ARM shares were worth more than the parent company), manufacturing rights to the powerful Risc PC range of personal computers (PCs) passed to Castle Technology Ltd who continued to manufacture them right up until 2004. However, Castle weren't sitting back doing nothing. They were secretly developing a new machine based on modern ARM technology, the superfast, power economical X-Scale processor. In 2004 they announced to the world the Iyonix computer, which was met with critical acclaim not only by long-term Acorn enthusiasts but also by intelligent computer users around the world who were fed up with Microsoft based PCs being unreliable and inefficient.So, what's so fantastic about RISC OS then? Why is it such a secret weapon amongst those who use it, yet relatively unknown throughout the world?The reason I call it a secret weapon is that it gives me the edge in my business - which is a huge benefit in todays high competition IT industry. The biggest advantage is its sheer productivity. RISC OS gets the job done - and I'm usually finalising a job just as a similarly competent Microsoft user is struggling on the first stage of the task in hand. This allows me to give better quotes, quicker response times and faster turn-around of time-critical contracts. For example, by using RISC OS I can usually guarantee to undercut a web design quote and, at the same time, get it done in half the time.
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