Here is my x5000

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The X5000 is an amazing machine, I for one am happy that i took the plunge and bought one too, i certainly haven't had this much fun with a computer since i got my original A1200 back in the 1990's.

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Basically everthing is working and really loving the verstality of the machine.[/QUOTE]

Versatile is one good adjective to describe it :-)   If you haven't already I would try and download the FPSE Sony Playstation 1 Emulator which works really well on the X5000, was having a good play of Soul Blade and Grand Turismo last night.

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I do plenty on my X5000 I surf the web, I watch videos on it I play music, I play a whole host of classic and recent OS4.1 releases, yes I play stuff on at least 30 emulated systems and computers, I write and publish my blog on the X5000,. I use it for word-processing and other office tasks and yes it even dual boots into Linux.. I'd quite like to try out MorphOS on it but it all seems to have gone very quiet over there with no one able to answer why we are still waiting for the X5000 version to come out....

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@iggy

You are forgetting with any Mac you get automatic lifetime membership of the Cupertino Cult which is akin to the Church of Scientology, its practically impossible to leave this cult so I'm told as everything is wonderful and glorious according to its creepy head recruiters  who work at branches of Apple stores worldwide.....

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@cpaek72

Totally agree :-)

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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

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@warwazon  as it so happens my blogpost today about "classic mode" on the X5000 may help answer any questions you may have about performance especially as i have now set up "classic mode" to run as a 68040 machine with 256mb ram and with  Picasso 96 screenmode which is what Ribdevil1 is trying to point out with the link to his Facebook post.

http://amigax5000.blog

The X5000 will certainly give you the best of classic and NG words if you are wanting my evaluation  especially now I have the classic side set up quite well :-)

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@alphagemini

I think you will find the  X5000 is much quicker running Amiga OS4.1 than any PC running Amiga OS4.1 under emulation. ;-)

In fact the X5000 is too quick at times especially when it comes to unpacking and transferring files.

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Can we please get back on topic? I would really like to learn more about the X5000 and NG stuff. I have a 4000T for classic.

What else would you like to know and I will try to answer honestly and as best I can