Here is my x5000

[outrun1978]

I think the fact that it can boot into Linux and hopefully MorphOS later down the line is a good selling point for the X5000.  Which reminds me I might have a go at installing Linux on to a spare hard disk at some point this weekend, had a quick go last weekend but ran into a few issues. It boots great from the boot menu via a usb 64gb flash drive btw

[icbrkr]

I ordered mine on the 5th of July, and am still waiting from AmigaOnTheLake.  Hopefully this week it'll ship if I'm lucky?

So to answer.. why would any one want to spend that much money since you can buy a G5 for a few bucks?  No real reason.  I like playing with hardware.  I have a MorphOS box.  I have a 4000T.  I have most Amigas that came out.  It seems like something fun to play with, plus I sold a bunch of junk in my attic to afford it - that's a win win.  I clean up my crap, and I get an Amiga for it

[Iggy]

I ordered mine on the 5th of July, and am still waiting from AmigaOnTheLake.  Hopefully this week it'll ship if I'm lucky?

So to answer.. why would any one want to spend that much money since you can buy a G5 for a few bucks?  No real reason.  I like playing with hardware.  I have a MorphOS box.  I have a 4000T.  I have most Amigas that came out.  It seems like something fun to play with, plus I sold a bunch of junk in my attic to afford it - that's a win win.  I clean up my crap, and I get an Amiga for it

Good answer!
I have a 2.7 GHz dual core AGP G5, a 2.5 GHz quad core PCIe G5, and a 1.42 GHz G4 FW800, and a 1.42 GHz iBook  (though only three of those will run MorphOS, and none will run OS4...yet).
And I have legacy hardware too.
But I also plan on buying an X5000. The real problem for me isn't the decision to buy, its whether or not I'll have the patience to wait for the X5000/40, or just buy an X5000/20 in order to start using the platform.

[cpaek72]

If OS4 supports multicores then the x5000 should be more than enough for me now...The only slow down I get is the Odyssey browser. Heavy pages that have a lot of images sometimes freezes the system like CNN. The video accelleration support needs to be better too and that's another area where performance suffers. Everything else is so snappy it's hard for me to use Windows anymore. Honestly, I wish OS4 was open source to get the community involed to update it faster. I know the developors have to get paid, but the support area is where they need the most improvement and I would pay a support fee to get that...

I've pretty much been using the x5000 as my main computer for a few days now and the only time I need to go back to my workstation is for high-end gaming and the Adobe Creative suite. Today, I'll install VNC and see how the performance is to access some of my software via network.

[Acill]

Well thanks to Aaron over at Amiga on the Lake I have taken the plunge and have an X5000 system being built for me. I cant believe I have done it and hope it gives me the feeling I get using my 4000T and other machines. The goal here is to consolidate down to as few machines as I can get.

The 4000T is going to stay right where it is, but I will see how this machine works out. If its as good as I am told I may have some other Amiga classic machines posted for sale soon!

[Jeff]

Congratulations! I hope you like it

[kolla]

So did anyone try FS-UAE and qemu modules compiled with KVM (kernel-based virtual machine) support yet? That should make it possible to run AmigaOS4 Classic run on PowerPC systems without much CPU emulation.

[klx300r]

@ Acill

congrats :hammer::pint:I still have my classics and bought an X1000 as soon as they came out and use it every day:)

[Vlabguy1]

Can't tell if you're being snarky or actually curious about the commercial. Here are pics from the set of the commercial. Currently in post, which includes editorial.

Coolness

[Themamboman]

So did anyone try FS-UAE and qemu modules compiled with KVM (kernel-based virtual machine) support yet? That should make it possible to run AmigaOS4 Classic run on PowerPC systems without much CPU emulation.

I had read about standalone qemu with early sam460ex and kvm but had not heard about that being included in the fs UAE program. Do you have a link to that?

[alphagemini]

@cpaek72

Glad to see another happy X5K user on board.  It's not perfect but it sure is fun to use.  Another fun app is Celestia on OS4 Depot.  Besure to check out the "demo" mode by pressing "d' when it is started.  I would also recommend checking out SketchBlock, fantastic native software.

Cheers!
Bill "tekmage" Borsari

I am thinking of buying one to run my maths progs that I created on a 4000 040 with a math coprocessor. Would it be faster? If so by how much?

[wawrzon]

I am thinking of buying one to run my maths progs that I created on a 4000 040 with a math coprocessor. Would it be faster? If so by how much?

depending on the programs you have in mind the question arises how much is it worth for you to see them working how much faster. probably, considering price-performance ratio some sort of pc emu like winuae/jit would be your best bet.

[alphagemini]

Thanks for your response. I've never seen one of these emulators work. Are they really OK, or do they have some operating limitation?

[ppcamiga1]

Thanks for your response. I've never seen one of these emulators work. Are they really OK, or do they have some operating limitation?

wawa is well known powerpc hater.
 wawa think that has mission from allach to free amiga community from this bad powerpc.
Do not trust in anything, what he wrote.
WinUAE is with ppc is nice, but on fastest pc still three times slower than Amiga X5000 in integer operations, and many times slower in float operations because float operations in WinUAE are not translated to native code, but emulated in software.
It may be important to You if You want to port Your math software. WinUAE also has not support for 3D.

[kolla]

I had read about standalone qemu with early sam460ex and kvm but had not heard about that being included in the fs UAE program. Do you have a link to that?

Sure.

https://fs-uae.net/download-devel#plugins

The qemu plugin for FS-UAE on the download page is only for x86/x86-64, but that should be a matter of building, AFAIK qemu also exists for PowerPC.

[kolla]

Thanks for your response. I've never seen one of these emulators work. Are they really OK, or do they have some operating limitation?

They are very OK for these kinds of things. Emulators gives you _much_ more freedom and less limitations than any real Amiga hardware, the only hick-up I struggle with, is a little latency when playing certain games. For system friendly productivity software (which is what it sounds like you are doing), WinUAE and FS-UAE are excellent.