Registering Interest for AmigaOne X1000

[Kesa]

This much:

What is an A1X1K?

[Duce]

@ takemehomegrandma

Isn't that an image of a PowerMac G4?  Weren't those about $3000 USD new?

Don't confuse him with facts or we are likely to get more graphs and diagrams based on false logic and tall tales.  

:lol:

[takemehomegrandma]

@ takemehomegrandma

Isn't that an image of a PowerMac G4?  Weren't those about $3000 USD new?

Who knows, who cares, they cost about $25-$250 now, mostly seem around the $100 mark, give or take. And redrumloa just got a cheap CPU replacement for his, probably putting it among the fastest PPC *migas available now...

What is an A1X1K?

Try to figure it out! (Hint, it's a short for the name of the machine the topic is about )

Don't confuse him with facts or we are likely to get more graphs and diagrams based on false logic and tall tales.

Sorry, can't help you there...

[Piru]

graphs and diagrams based on false logic and tall tales.

Which graphs you're referring to?

Any of the below have something wrong with them?

lame benchmark


mplayer benchmark


dnetc benchmark


blender benchmark


68k emulation benchmark

[billyfish]

Sorry, can't help you there...

With the content of your posts on threads such as these, I'm fairly sure you can't help me anywhere! :-)

Seriously, why are you so bothered by the X1000? Why do you care so much if people want to buy it or not? I'm genuinely interested in your motivation. It doesn't make any difference to me if people want to buy this, a power mac or a dead parrot as long as they're happy with their purchase, that's great.

As for any performance of the X1000, I quote from http://blog.hyperion-entertainment.biz/?p=580

"Given the rushed nature of this AmigaOS 4.1 Update 5 release, there are still some bugs and a few rough edges. Remember, the X1000 was originally planned to be released only with AmigaOS 4.2 installed. Also please keep in mind most of the X1000 system is still unoptimized. This is truly the most powerful Amiga Operating System hardware platform ever released and we plan to utilize this hardware to its full potential in due course."

Basically wait until the software is fully optimized for the X1000 before analysing performance too deeply.

[persia]

There is an almost magical number of 500, €500, £500, US$500, AUD500, that people are willing to part with fairly easily on technology.  There's a reason for the iPad's USD499 price.  A 500 level price on new AmigaOS equipment would attract many of us who are not currently attracted to a £1900 machine.....

[mikeymike]

Who knows, who cares, they cost about $25-$250 now, mostly seem around the $100 mark, give or take.

So you're comparing two debatably over-priced items (when new), but to try and validate your point about price, you're comparing a second-hand approx. ten year old Mac with a brand-new X1000.

It would be almost a complete miracle for a company to manage to build a general-purpose computer that isn't x86/x64 for a sum that many wouldn't regard to be bad value compared to x86/x64.  I couldn't care less if people want to buy a Mac (or Amiga, or any other computer) despite a similar-spec PC costing significantly less.  If that purchase is satisfactory in their opinion, and dishonest claims aren't being made, I'm happy for those users.  I'm trying to figure out why you care so much that you regularly have to come here and troll, because that's what you're doing.  Having said that, I think it's more likely that you simply do it for your own amusement, hence your "who knows, who cares" comment.

[itix]

With the content of your posts on threads such as these, I'm fairly sure you can't help me anywhere! :-)

Seriously, why are you so bothered by the X1000? Why do you care so much if people want to buy it or not? I'm genuinely interested in your motivation. It doesn't make any difference to me if people want to buy this, a power mac or a dead parrot as long as they're happy with their purchase, that's great.

As for any performance of the X1000, I quote from http://blog.hyperion-entertainment.biz/?p=580

"Given the rushed nature of this AmigaOS 4.1 Update 5 release, there are still some bugs and a few rough edges. Remember, the X1000 was originally planned to be released only with AmigaOS 4.2 installed. Also please keep in mind most of the X1000 system is still unoptimized. This is truly the most powerful Amiga Operating System hardware platform ever released and we plan to utilize this hardware to its full potential in due course."

Basically wait until the software is fully optimized for the X1000 before analysing performance too deeply.

Someone asked how much A1X1K costs and so far takemehomegrandma's answer was closest one.

The performance figure "A1X1K is roughly as fast as PowerMac" is also correct and not contradicting with the official Hyperion statement "the most powerful Amiga Operating System hardware platform ever released" at all. A1X1K is the fastest Amiga Operating System Hardware you can buy. Not fastest Amiga obviously but Hyperion never claimed that :-)

[itix]

How much does the X1000 retail for ?

About $3200 if you are in the US.

[jorkany]

"Given the rushed nature of this AmigaOS 4.1 Update 5 release, there are still some bugs and a few rough edges. Remember, the X1000 was originally planned to be released only with AmigaOS 4.2 installed. Also please keep in mind most of the X1000 system is still unoptimized. This is truly the most powerful Amiga Operating System hardware platform ever released and we plan to utilize this hardware to its full potential in due course."

Awesome! Maybe somebody can start a bounty to get the drivers written and OS4 out of beta!

By the way, whatever happened to the contractor who was writing the XMOS support for OS4?

[drHirudo]

Haha, it's always the same on Amiga dot org.

Thread about AmigaOS 4 software/hardware news appears, it's gets polluted very fast with MOS/Mac propaganda and derail in off-topic in no time.

This is not Vintage Mac forum. It's Amiga forum for discussing Amiga hardware/clones - Amiga 500, 1000, 1200, 4000, Minimig, Draco, AmigaOne, Sam etc., i.e. vintage and new machines.

Okay, to keep the tradition of going off topic - I am still waiting for my PowerBook to be able to run MOS.

Nobody wrote drivers for it yet? Maybe somebody can start a bounty to get the drivers written and MOS 3 out!

[CritAnime]

I wish I had the money for one

[number6]

Try to figure it out! (Hint, it's a short for the name of the machine the topic is about )Sorry, can't help you there...

Nope.
The topic is...
"Registering Interest for AmigaOne X1000".

You obviously confused this with the "registering DISinterest" thread.
I assume the "can't help you there" was a cry for help in trying to understanding the actual thread topic.

#6

[billyfish]

Someone asked how much A1X1K costs and so far takemehomegrandma's answer was closest one.

30 PowerMacs? As currency goes, it's a little bit cumbersome! :-)

The performance figure "A1X1K is roughly as fast as PowerMac" is also correct and not contradicting with the official Hyperion statement "the most powerful Amiga Operating System hardware platform ever released" at all. A1X1K is the fastest Amiga Operating System Hardware you can buy. Not fastest Amiga obviously but Hyperion never claimed that :-)

The relevant part was actually "Also please keep in mind most of the X1000 system is still unoptimized." My point is, as with any software, when it's in beta, it's not generally going to be running at the same speed as in its final polished state.

[darkage]

Geeez $3200 USD!  I think I'll buy that 2nd hand car I've been thinking about instead.

[spirantho]

That's better. This thread is now complete.

I was worried for a moment, it seemed like the trolls had forgotten us.

Now can we please get back on topic?