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Amiga News and Community Announcements => Amiga News and Community Announcements => Topic started by: amigakit on May 01, 2010, 11:50:22 PM
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AmigaKit Named As Primary Channel Distributor
London, 26th April 2010
A-EON technology has appointed UK-based AmigaKit, a premier Amiga retail and distribution company, as primary distributor for the upcoming AmigaOne X1000 computer through Amiga market hardware channels world-wide. AmigaKit will be handling all customer and dealer sales inquiries for the new AmigaOne X1000 hardware platform. Details will be available from AmigaKit in the near future.
A-EON director Trevor Dickinson said "We are very pleased to be able to announce this distribution deal with AmigaKit. They have attained a leading position and reputation over the years through diligent and dedicated service to the Amiga market, and we are confident that this partnership will ensure an excellent service to dealers and end users for sales and distribution of the upcoming AmigaOne X1000 computer." Matthew Leaman of AmigaKit added "We are equally pleased to be working with A-EON Technology on this exciting and innovative AmigaOne project"
About the AmigaOne X1000
The AmigaOne X1000 is a new high-end AmigaOS hardware platform scheduled for release during the summer of 2010. By providing the AmigaOS platform with a high power dual-processor CPU, modern interface standards, high-end graphics and Xcore technology, the X1000 will launch a new era of modern Amiga computing.
About AmigaKit
A division of Leaman Computing Ltd, AmigaKit acquired the stock of Eyetech Group Ltd. in 2006, and since then has established itself as a world-wide market leader in the retail and distribution of Amiga hardware and software. AmigaKit is based in Cardiff, in the United Kingdom.
Links:
http://www.amigakit.com
http://www.a-eon.com
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great news and well deserved:drink:
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great news and well deserved:drink:
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Congratulations Matthew on getting Worldwide distribution rights, not just the EU. They could not have chosen a better Amiga dealer to promote the AmigaOne X1000, as you have an unrivaled reputation for excellent service and support.
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Congratulations AmigaKit, I also think it is well deserved indeed.
The one thing the Amiga platform does have in strength is good dealers. Sure, we don't have many left anymore, but the ones that are left do a very good job.
Apple Hammer
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Is there a price tag on the X1000 yet?
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I wouldn't have it any other way :)
If you could also get your hands on those new GVP Typhoon 030 turbo for the A1200 that would be great.
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congratulations
It looks to be a great year.
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I'm sure they'll be happy with the extra 40 sales. Nice one.
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I'm sure they'll be happy with the extra 40 sales. Nice one.
Being a little optimistic today, aren't you? :laughing: My guess would be closer to 12.
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Being a little optimistic today, aren't you? :laughing: My guess would be closer to 12.
Yeah that's the spirit guys! Every time something is announced, respond with a negative post... THAT is a huge show of support and will undoubtedly aid the effort...
Well done!
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I for one am really looking forward to this product and hopefully it'll come in at a reasonable price. Especially since that MacMini MorphOS deal fell through.
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The MacMini MorphOS deal fell through? I thought the MorphOS guys (and girls?) were going to get some nice second hand Mac stuff to run their OS on? Is that not the case now?
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No, that was a save2600 specific Mac Mini deal that fell through :) Irrelevant to other MorphOS users...
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Ah, okay. Sorry to hear that save2600!
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I'm getting a little excited about it. I'm happy I never bought any of the "newer" PPC Amigas.
I still say PPC is dead. And Amiga OS 4.x if you've used it is a snore. We will see, maybe some OS updates will accompany the hardware release...?
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This really is great news. Having a trustworthy firm in this position is quite important!
I'll have to start saving.
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Eyetech was pretty trustworthy before the original AmigaOne was released. Let's hope the X1000 is successful. If it's not, however, let's hope that it doesn't bring AmigaKit down with it.
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If the price is good, I will buy. Congratulations to AmigaKit!
Truly,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group
http://videocam.net.au/fcug
July 24-25 Commodore Vegas Expo 2010 -
http://www.commodore.ca/forum
and click on ComVEX
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I have dealt with AmigaKit before and if they are involved, then I am DEFINITELY going to start saving for this! This is great news!
Yay!
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Soon we will see some demos.
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Will AmigaKit also be doing warranty repairs?
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I have dealt with AmigaKit before and if they are involved, then I am DEFINITELY going to start saving for this! This is great news!
Yay!
I like your enthusiasm, but as much as I like AmigaKit and its owner, Matthew, I hope you base your decision to purchase any new system, or any gear on performance, price and how it meets your needs, not on who is selling it.
@dammy,
My guess is that AmigaKit might be doing some minor warranty work for the AmigaOne X1000, but AEON would most likely be doing most or all of the warranty repairs & replacement work themselves. Just my guess tho.
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Hmm, worldwide aye... hopefully someone will have something closer to where I live (NZ)... the day I can walk into a shop and purchase an Amiga again would be fantastic... although at this point in the game this dream may not ever happen.
Fingers crossed that the x1000 makes some inroads and grabs some market share...
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Fingers crossed that the x1000 makes some inroads and grabs some market share...
Yes unfortunately it will require a lot more than crossed fingers. It would probably require the complete liquidation of Microsoft, Apple, HP, Compaq, Dell, AMD and Intel.
Ah well.
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Hmm, worldwide aye... hopefully someone will have something closer to where I live (NZ)... the day I can walk into a shop and purchase an Amiga again would be fantastic... although at this point in the game this dream may not ever happen.
Fingers crossed that the x1000 makes some inroads and grabs some market share...
C'mon! Be thankful if it gets up to 5000 sales. In the age of the internet it doesn't matter as much if it's a small community.
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Yes unfortunately it will require a lot more than crossed fingers. It would probably require the complete liquidation of Microsoft, Apple, HP, Compaq, Dell, AMD and Intel.
Ah well.
Nope, it's no longer an us vs them computer industry. Look at Porsche's SUV, the Cayenne. It's been around since 2003 and has still sold less than 300,000 units. But it's Porsche's best selling product and saved the company. Sure it sells for way more than the X-1000 will, but it also costs way more to build.
The A1 X-1000 can create a nice little niche for itself and do well. It just needs more developers and software once it's out.
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Porsche Cayenne = VW Toureg + $$$
I heard that the Toureg has been discontinued in favor of the smaller turbo SUV that VW just came out with. Too bad, VW Toureg finished 1st, 2nd, & 3rd at Dakar Rally this year. I wonder if the Toureg was discontinued because it was hurting sales of the Cayenne?
@Pyromania,
The AmigaOne X-1000 can only create a niche for itself if it can be shown to do something better or different than any competing computer, and that has not been demonstrated yet (I hope it will be shown). Just running AmigaOS4.1 faster than a SAM or Pegasos2 is not going to be enough to make it a success. More developers and software is a must, I agree!
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AmigaKit Named As Primary Channel Distributor
London, 26th April 2010
A-EON technology has appointed UK-based AmigaKit, a premier Amiga retail and distribution company, as primary distributor for the upcoming AmigaOne X1000 computer through Amiga market hardware channels world-wide. AmigaKit will be handling all customer and dealer sales inquiries for the new AmigaOne X1000 hardware platform. Details will be available from AmigaKit in the near future.
Hi great news! When will you have it in stock and when more info on your site? :)
Also any news on ZorRAM board (and OS4 support?) :)
Thanks
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Sadly there really isn't anything that it could do better than a PC or Mac, not with those specs anyway. X1000 is a long way from cutting edge...
Porsche Cayenne = VW Toureg + $$$
I heard that the Toureg has been discontinued in favor of the smaller turbo SUV that VW just came out with. Too bad, VW Toureg finished 1st, 2nd, & 3rd at Dakar Rally this year. I wonder if the Toureg was discontinued because it was hurting sales of the Cayenne?
@Pyromania,
The AmigaOne X-1000 can only create a niche for itself if it can be shown to do something better or different than any competing computer, and that has not been demonstrated yet (I hope it will be shown). Just running AmigaOS4.1 faster than a SAM or Pegasos2 is not going to be enough to make it a success. More developers and software is a must, I agree!
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I spose running OS4 is something it can do "better" than a PC or Mac*, which is an objective in itself for some. Though it's not a huge advantage to the non-Amiga computing world.
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The AmigaOne X-1000 can only create a niche for itself if it can be shown to do something better or different than any competing computer, and that has not been demonstrated yet (I hope it will be shown). Just running AmigaOS4.1 faster than a SAM or Pegasos2 is not going to be enough to make it a success. More developers and software is a must, I agree!
Define success. Will it compete with cheap PC's? No.
But neither does Macs, and they still sell. My 350 GBP laptop is faster than 3-4 times as expensive Macbook Pro... Yet I can still see why people buy it: For the experience.
I'm not expecting the X1000 to give Apple a run for their money. But it doesn't take more than a few thousand sold units before it'd be a tremendous success for such a small community.
I want one for the experience; the X1000 got me "back in the fold" (currently with a Minimig + UAE on my laptop + AROS on my laptop, but waiting to get an X1000, and hopefully also either a Natami or FPGAArcade whenever they're ready...)
Don't underestimate nostalgia, btw. A large part of ex-Amigans are now in our 30's, with disposable income and closing in on midlife crises ;) My brother was over last weekend, and I handed him a retro pack from Amigakit as a birthday present and he told me he'd just been looking at Amiga stuff on Youtube the other day, by pure coincidence...
Keep in mind there are about 5 million ex-Amigans. If just 1% can be convinced to give a new machine a try, whether for nostalgia or other reasons, that's 50k. Even 0.1% is 5k. Some of us will be developers (I am).
The more competitive (in terms of performance) machines will come *if* machines like the X1000 and the new SAM 460 sells well enough. In the meantime Hyperion will keep bringing the OS closer to modern expectations. One step at a time.
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Keep in mind there are about 5 million ex-Amigans. If just 1% can be convinced to give a new machine a try, whether for nostalgia or other reasons, that's 50k.
And for 99.9% of those nostalgia would be playing the old games they played on their A500's, and the PPC-machines can't really offer them that. And the current incarnation of AmigaOS/Workbench doesn't look anything like the old 1.2/1.3 version, so no nostalgia there either ;)
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Yes unfortunately it will require a lot more than crossed fingers. It would probably require the complete liquidation of Microsoft, Apple, HP, Compaq, Dell, AMD and Intel.
Ah well.
Hmm, Compaq's gone. 1 down 6 to go...
Good luck and all the best to Amiga Kit and the X1000.
Gertsy
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And for 99.9% of those nostalgia would be playing the old games they played on their A500's, and the PPC-machines can't really offer them that. And the current incarnation of AmigaOS/Workbench doesn't look anything like the old 1.2/1.3 version, so no nostalgia there either ;)
I'm not so sure. I'm a hardcore geek so I'm a special case ;) But my brother is not, and while he mostly played games, what he's been looking at again was the whole experience. He can play the games under UAE, but that was not enough.
And while AOS4 doesn't look or behave exactly the same, our memories tend to be rose-tinted too (it took me a while to get over the shock of just how primitive even 2.04 was when I got my Minimig set up...) but most of the things many of us *do* fondly remember are still there.
Anyway, even if you're right, as I wrote, even 0.1% is more than 5000 people.
Personally I think the potential is higher - many people are willing to spend a *lot* of money to get back that feeling of computing being fun. A PC doesn't deliver that.
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I don't know, I guess somebody had to try it to find out if there is a market. My gut feeling is 5 to 10 thousand max hardcore Amigans left. If you can sell that many X1000s it will be a success, I suspect theres a few hundred €'s profit in each machine, so lets take €250 as a found figure. 5000 units times €250 = €1.25 million. Steve Jobs probably has a higher credit card limit, but for a small company that's not bad. Enough to keep them in business anyway and maybe develop a the higher end machine that some want.
You have to crawl before you can walk after all. I'm out, I've blown this years computer budget on my wife's iMac, a Mac Mini for the TV and an iPad, but get some apps and develop a true high end machine I might be in the market next year...
I'm not so sure. I'm a hardcore geek so I'm a special case ;) But my brother is not, and while he mostly played games, what he's been looking at again was the whole experience. He can play the games under UAE, but that was not enough.
And while AOS4 doesn't look or behave exactly the same, our memories tend to be rose-tinted too (it took me a while to get over the shock of just how primitive even 2.04 was when I got my Minimig set up...) but most of the things many of us *do* fondly remember are still there.
Anyway, even if you're right, as I wrote, even 0.1% is more than 5000 people.
Personally I think the potential is higher - many people are willing to spend a *lot* of money to get back that feeling of computing being fun. A PC doesn't deliver that.
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You have to crawl before you can walk after all.
I agree. And the thing is, *if* it manages to get to even 5k, there's bound to be some new developers deciding to release stuff, even if just because they enjoy it.
That's my excuse for starting to code for the Amiga again anyway, even if so far I'm just playing around - I do hope to release some small bits and pieces as time permits. My 350GBP laptop is faster than the X1000 will be, at a fraction of the cost, but my laptop is a *tool* where my old Amigas also were a fun hobby.
I don't take it'll take all that much to make it a sufficiently appealing platform to coax a few more people to take the leap at this stage.
In any case, I don't hold my breath for some massive resurgence, but we don't need massive numbers to have a viable platform for hobbyist use.
Lets for starters just hope the X1000 sells enough to make sufficient profit to start cutting prices and/or releasing one or more updated models to keep the newfound momentum going.
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No, mass market isn't realistic, nor do they seem to be aiming for it. If they could ultimately get their price/performance down to near Apple levels and get a few unique apps out there, I could easily see the rebirth of the cult of Amiga...
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You have to crawl before you can walk after all.
One of my friends children was born a year after the "release" of the first OS4 beta. That kid is not only walking but is almost ready for his first two-wheeled bike. Meanwhile people are still talking about OS4 crawling. Sad.
Anyway as far as AmigaKit goes, they've proven to be a solid vendor over the years and I hope this X1000 thing doesn't ruin them. I too wonder where the warranty support on the X1000 will come from, though it's not an issue for me.
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Unfortunately the high price one has to pay to use Amiga OS4 (combined with the not so impressive hardware) has forced me to seek cheaper alternatives, which is why I have a PowerMac waiting for Morphos.
Pity.
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Amiga never deserved its end, may almost been complete annihilated but it just wont die. I am grateful for the comeback of a new high end machine, even if it may not look like a power beast, Amiga has a few cards to play. Windows pc's need more power to operate for each year and it also look like they trying to copy Mac's UI ontop of that. Amiga isnt much like the others, if it can prove its use of hardware and stability this just might work. Most critical thing about the Amiga is its price. If it cost more then MAC I doubt it will float on the software ocean to break its way back. This summer will get really intressting, thank you X1000 and Amigakit, i will be waiting!