The X1000 will be > $2,225

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http://amigaworld.net/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?mode=viewtopic&topic_id=31869&forum=33&start=20&viewmode=flat&order=0#566044

Just back from the fair.

To the others that attended - was it me  or was the whole announcement thing badly organised? You could hardly  hear the bloke from A-eon and couldn't see him either unless you were  crammed at the front. At the very least he should have had a mic on,  and/or had everyone stand in a horseshoe shape so more people could see  him.

In terms of info, the price will be "north of £1,500" and  they couldn't/wouldn't tell us the make of the CPU. They said it was  likely the machine would be on sale before Xmas.

Here is the current exchange rate.

http://finance.yahoo.com/currency-converter/#from=GBP;to=USD;amt=1500

So we know the X1000, presumably a whole system, will be more than $2,225. When the first X1000 announcements were made many people guessed it would be $3,000 or more. Since then the USD has strengthened vs the GBP, otherwise this would have been close to that $3,000 mark...

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Wonder why you post the price in US$ when it was given in Sterling, not all of us are Americans here, in this country we use Australian dollars, you don't see me converting all prices to AU$, do you.  The price is north of 1500 quid, what the street price is in New York, Brisbane or Timbuktu is not known...

I am from the US and a large number of members here are from the US. It was announced in British Pounds and can be converted to any currency you wish.

http://finance.yahoo.com/currency-converter/#from=USD;to=EUR;amt=1

The original Amiga 1000 was launched in the USA and the comparison has been made all along of the X1000 to Amiga 1000 pricing.

BTW, since you asked it is approximately 2,550AUD.
http://www.amiga.org/forums/newreply.php?do=newreply&p=565671

[redrumloa]

It doesn't cost anywhere near what they are charging.

To be fair, we don't know the R&D cost. It would appear this is not a reference board with a boing sticker slapped on it (see the Eyetech boards). A good portion of the price is not just hardware itself, but R&D.

I don't know what A-Eon's business plan is or their projected sales, but unless I am missing something I think they are in for a rude surprise about how many systems they can sell at this pricing. Don't get me wrong, Trevor seems like a nice guy and I genuinely wish him well.

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Nice the see the rumour mill in full motion. Lets all wait an see.

Trevor Dick is starting rumors, is that what you are saying :confused:

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Nice the see the rumour mill in full motion. Lets all wait an see.

http://amigaworld.net/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?mode=viewtopic&topic_id=31869&forum=33&start=100&viewmode=flat&order=0#566219

No confusion about the price at all.

Amiga1Productions YouTube  video allows you to see the answer yourself;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EaSN3IuZII

at  5:20 into the video the exchange ls;

Question : "How much is it  gonna cost?"
Answer : "I dunno, I really don't know. It's gonna be  north of £1,500. Definatly. It can't be any cheaper"

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Hmmmm, I didnt want to say anything, but your a TROLL.
Your delibrately trying to wind me up.

He said "north of 1500", now normal logical people would think, ok its going to be above 1500, how much above, noone knows as yet.
Why people are moaning so much is beyond me.
Fact, people who moan, always seem to buy the product they are moaning about.

And the comments on the keyboards, just crazy, funny how we sold out, .

Please show me where I trolled. He said north of 1500GBP, I said 1500GBP. Feel free to point out where I suggested otherwise.

Pretty rude from an unpaying advertiser who likes to spam the forum.

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I was'nt being rude and im not an unpaying advertiser who likes to spam forums. Please point me to any posts where I have spammed the forums.
 
I think your confusing me with someone else.
 
I wont be posting any more, I seem to remember why I never post here.

You are from Amigakit, no?
 
http://www.amiga.org/forums/member.php?u=2273
 
Feel free to post anywhere you'd like, like the other site where you enjoy badmouthing other dealers.

[redrumloa]

@red
 
Not sure where your statement is coming from about Follett, but maybe a change to a decaffeinated brand of coffee may help. :roflmao:

http://www.amiga.org/forums/showpost.php?p=565953&postcount=91
 
Calling an original member / long time moderator a troll for repeating, without paraphrasing, a statement made by the head of A-Eon is pretty rude.

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Anyway we will all be here to see how it goes won't we?

I risk being labeled a troll for this next link, so know before hand I am not implying the X1000 will never come out. I just want to give you a tiny bit of perspective of history you missed.
 
http://www.amiga.org/forums/showthread.php?t=29050&highlight=vapor
 
Enjoy!
 
Hmm, that list has not been updated in several years...

[redrumloa]

:lol:
That has to win the award for the most subtle trolling ever!!!

I'm not going to say you are vaporware....  No way!!  Not in a highly emotionally charged thread...

But.. and this is just for historical perspective mind you, I will include this link to vaporware hardware, not that I am in any way implying you might be...

It's just an off-topic link...  No reason for anyone to take offense there..

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Wow, that was a trolling of beauty!!!!  

:laughing:

desiv
(So, was this the "if they're going to accuse me of being a troll, I might as well do it" post???  Because, I didn't think you were trolling before.  No question here tho..)

Err, were you paying attention to who I posted it for and what had been discussed before? This is a user who by his own admission has been away from the platform since 1997 and missed all of the negatives.

Think what you want, but if I have something negative to say about the X1000 I will say it outright.

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I see you registered in October 2009, that also explains a lot...

[redrumloa]

Oh, so if you are dealing with someone who is a problem, then you can say what you want and it's not trolling???

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And what exactly does that mean??? :confused: As I said, I didn't think you were trolling before, but I thought that last comment was (IMHO) trolling...

But I didn't realize that a moderator on this forum should be able to treat users differently because they only recently joined...  Apparently, I'm not "in the club"?

Before, I thought you were just upset about being called a troll when you weren't and reacting..  Not anymore..

That won't be a problem anymore....

desiv

The person I replied to didn't think I was trolling, yet you still do? BTW there is no "the club" and I wasn't implying as much. It simply meant you probably missed the history too, but many of us here lived it. You missed my point entirely and you continue to miss it. Think what you want, you obviously have your mind made up.