X1000 First Contact buyers

[amigadave]

If you received a message from AmigaKit with a link to the "First Contact" X1000 ordering page and followed through with your ordering of an X1000, you might want to join the new group I just created here at Amiga.org for "First Contact" buyers.

I sent in my order 18 minutes after I received my email from AmigaKit, so I hope that was quick enough to make it into this group of buyers that will be able to get the "First Contact" systems.

I opted for a Black case, 1tb hard drive, 2gb RAM options.  I will also get one of AmigaKit's AmigaOne keyboards, but already have 2 or 3 of their Boing Ball mice, so I did not choose the option to get both the keyboard and mouse together with my X1000 order.  

It would be great to get it by Christmas, but I won't expect it until sometime before March.  That way I won't be disappointed and if it shows up sooner, I will be happier.

[amigadave]

@kickstart,

I understand that you don't want, or can't afford an X1000 and you would like to see cheaper options to run OS4.x, but wishing A-Eon to fail will not get you your cheaper hardware any faster.  Hyperion are the only people that decide what hardware OS4.x will be ported to, be it cheaper, or more expensive hardware.  Aim your complaints toward them, not at Trevor and A-Eon's X1000, as Trevor has nothing against OS4.x being ported to cheaper hardware.

Soon you will be able to buy a Netbook to run OS4.x on at a much lower price and you should be happy, but please don't wish for the X1000, or A-Eon to fail, as Trevor has plans for more OS4.x compatible hardware in the future and it might be something that you want to have.

[amigadave]

IIRC, wasn't OS4 re-written entirely in C?

Regardless of what it is written in, the number of programmers working on any Amiga is a tiny fraction of what it needed.

Porting anything to ARM or x86 is going to take years.  Enjoy what we have now while you wait.