First Contact : AmigaOne X1000 Limited Edition

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$2682.56..... plus shipping.... a fool and their money are easily parted. That's just a crazy price.

Even if I was a millionaire I wouldn't buy it. Prices like that are just going hinder the uptake of next gen Amiga's.

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Why the criticism regarding the RAM?  Would a next gen Amiga use anywhere near 1GB?

Don't think the issue here is "will it run OS4..." the issue here is "that price and you're only getting 1GB?"

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The millionaire sentence does not make any sense.

Makes perfect sense, hence the phrase before hand - "A fool and his/her money is easily parted".

I paid $1500 NZD when the A500 came out back in the 80's. It was a kick ass machine, nothing came close to it. Multitasking, graphics and running 3 or 4 programs at once with 1MB RAM.

$2700 USD for this machine and the hardware we're getting is a few years old, and the processor isn't made anymore also the way it's worded you don't get the OS at that price.

Also this is USD, so by the time it gets to NZ it's probably going to be $4k including shipping it down here.

If I was a millionaire I'll be back natami or FPGA arcade. Smart money on a product that will be going places.

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Hmmm... around 70% the price I paid for my A2000 setup in '87.....

Mind you, I did get a dot matrix printer and a A1081 monitor too.

..and an OS, and working hardware. (reading about the addon cards needed... insanity). Plus the a2000 was a great machine at the time.

I do want Amiga to come back, but charging this sort of dollars and for something that's not 100% isn't going to work.