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Title: ACube Top Secret!
Post by: giZmo350 on September 03, 2011, 07:25:21 PM
What might this be all about?
 
http://www.acube-systems.biz/
Title: Re: ACube Top Secret!
Post by: commodorejohn on September 03, 2011, 07:33:05 PM
I dunno, what might it be about?
Title: Re: ACube Top Secret!
Post by: spihunter on September 03, 2011, 07:55:32 PM
I see a boing ball and "500". I'm guessing they are going to release the X500?.
Maybe a lower end all in one keyboard version of the X1000?




Quote from: gizmo350;657696
What might this be all about?
 
http://www.acube-systems.biz/
Title: Re: ACube Top Secret!
Post by: Borut on September 03, 2011, 08:03:34 PM
It could also be an Amiga-Pad - but a real one...
Title: Re: ACube Top Secret!
Post by: giZmo350 on September 03, 2011, 08:04:40 PM
Quote from: spihunter;657700
I see a boing ball and "500". I'm guessing they are going to release the X500?.
Maybe a lower end all in one keyboard version of the X1000?

I know that A-Eon is in partnership with Hyperion but are you implying that A-Eon is in partnership with ACube? It seems that the X1000 is still a ways off (although I have seen pics of testers with actual boards). Based on the X1000 what type of machine would an X500 be? Or am I way off base here?
Title: Re: ACube Top Secret!
Post by: spihunter on September 03, 2011, 08:06:05 PM
Just a total wild guess on my part!. I have no real info. :)


Quote from: gizmo350;657703
I know that A-Eon is in partnership with Hyperion but are you implying that A-Eon is in partnership with ACube? It seems that the X1000 is still a ways off (although I have seen pics of testers with actual boards). Based on the X1000 what type of machine would an X500 be? Or am I way off base here?
Title: Re: ACube Top Secret!
Post by: giZmo350 on September 03, 2011, 08:10:14 PM
Quote from: spihunter;657704
Just a total wild guess on my part!. I have no real info. :)

 
Maybe just a SAM board in "The Daddy's" X500 case?
If true, I would hope the case is extremely professionally manufactured.
 
http://www.amigaworld.net/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=33880&forum=33&12
Title: Re: ACube Top Secret!
Post by: x303 on September 03, 2011, 09:34:38 PM
Quote from: Borut;657702
It could also be an Amiga-Pad - but a real one...
You mean an X-Pad ? :D
Title: Re: ACube Top Secret!
Post by: Heiroglyph on September 03, 2011, 09:50:13 PM
I'm not sure why companies need to build up expectations like this. The day they announce anything at all, the whole community will be talking about it anyway.

From what I can tell our imaginations kick into overdrive about some Amiga saving new wonder product so we can't help but be disappointed.

They should just release when it's ready and be done with it or tell us WTF it is a few weeks early so we can save our cash.

If they lead us on for a few weeks and then reveal some product that is 2 years off, they deserve all the flack they get.
Title: Re: ACube Top Secret!
Post by: Hattig on September 03, 2011, 09:55:24 PM
I first thought - well, they use the AMCC 460 in their current products.

So is there an AMCC 500 series chip? Turns out that currently there isn't.

Anyway, the AMCC 460ex actually uses a PowerPC 440 core. There is a PowerPC 460 core as well - the AMCC APM86190 uses two PowerPC 465 cores at up to 1.5GHz.

There is also a PowerPC 470 core, but it doesn't appear to be used in much. You can get quad-core at up to 2GHz or so on a 45nm process apparently.

It's only a couple of weeks away, probably best to wait to see what they're up to.
Title: Re: ACube Top Secret!
Post by: zylesea on September 03, 2011, 09:57:51 PM
Quote from: gizmo350;657696
What might this be all about?
 
http://www.acube-systems.biz/

While I like Acube I would suggest them to not do a "What is X" kind of stunt. That was just pathetic.
Anyway, Acube have the benefit of a good track record, I hope they keep track.
Title: Re: ACube Top Secret!
Post by: magnetic on September 03, 2011, 09:58:03 PM
gizmo

Well with the 500 and boing ball probably something fun. Lets hope its the x500 that would be pretty cool. I've always thought that the amiga wedge designs were the coolest amigas. besides, my first Amiga was a 500

@Zylsea

Yeah, that "what is X"  is kind of embarassing now.. :(
Title: Re: ACube Top Secret!
Post by: Darrin on September 03, 2011, 10:18:34 PM
It's a FPGA Arcade Minimig in an A500 style case called the "Minimig 500", the later version with Jacub's 68060 board will be called the "Minimig 1200".

...

.....

.......

or probably not.  ;)
Title: Re: ACube Top Secret!
Post by: commodorejohn on September 03, 2011, 10:20:43 PM
Quote from: Heiroglyph;657719
I'm not sure why companies need to build up expectations like this. The day they announce anything at all, the whole community will be talking about it anyway.

From what I can tell our imaginations kick into overdrive about some Amiga saving new wonder product so we can't help but be disappointed.

They should just release when it's ready and be done with it or tell us WTF it is a few weeks early so we can save our cash.

If they lead us on for a few weeks and then reveal some product that is 2 years off, they deserve all the flack they get.
Unfortunately, the massive marketing industry has made these kinds of stupid shenanigans omnipresent, and apparently companies like A-Eon and now ACube have convinced themselves that if they want to play with the big companies, they have to squander time and money on stupid promo stunts like the big companies too :/
Title: Re: ACube Top Secret!
Post by: Heiroglyph on September 03, 2011, 10:25:20 PM
Quote from: Darrin;657727
It's a FPGA Arcade Minimig in an A500 style case called the "Minimig 500", the later version with Jacub's 68060 board will be called the "Minimig 1200".

...

.....

.......

or probably not.  ;)


I'd go for that!
Title: Re: ACube Top Secret!
Post by: Akiko on September 03, 2011, 11:14:47 PM
I think Acube will manufacture the X500+ case that was designed by TheDaddy to house their Sam460 boards, and in turn Hyperion/A-Eon have granted Acube rights to the AmigaOne name and Boing ball, so a new complete system will be launched based on the Sam460 called the AmigaOne X500.
Title: Re: ACube Top Secret!
Post by: Templario on September 03, 2011, 11:31:37 PM
I'll like that was the sound drivers for the Sam460 and a graphic drivers for Ati boards, but it is one X500 or one Sam4xxx with the PPC CPU 500 also it is good.
Title: Re: ACube Top Secret!
Post by: persia on September 04, 2011, 09:41:45 PM
Whatever it is I hope it ships in 90 days or less, this whole announce something and then delay after delay is getting really old.  It's an Amiga tradition best abandoned while there is at least some community left.
Title: Re: ACube Top Secret!
Post by: cha05e90 on September 04, 2011, 09:53:28 PM
Quote from: zylesea;657721
That was just pathetic.

Why?
Title: Re: ACube Top Secret!
Post by: tone007 on September 04, 2011, 09:57:22 PM
Quote from: Heiroglyph;657719
From what I can tell our imaginations kick into overdrive about some Amiga saving new wonder product so we can't help but be disappointed.


Not me, I just assume it's going to be junk!  Better to be pleasantly surprised than disappointed.
Title: Re: ACube Top Secret!
Post by: kickstart on September 04, 2011, 10:06:49 PM
They only announced a bit of hype.... as ever.
Title: Re: ACube Top Secret!
Post by: Akiko on September 04, 2011, 10:12:45 PM
Quote from: kickstart;657923
They only announced a bit of hype.... as ever.



I'm sure Acube will deliver.... as ever.
Title: Re: ACube Top Secret!
Post by: kickstart on September 04, 2011, 10:33:13 PM
OK... overpriced hype.
Title: Re: ACube Top Secret!
Post by: Heiroglyph on September 04, 2011, 10:54:40 PM
Quote from: tone007;657920
Not me, I just assume it's going to be junk!  Better to be pleasantly surprised than disappointed.


I wish I had your self control ;)
Title: Re: ACube Top Secret!
Post by: zylesea on September 04, 2011, 11:15:36 PM
Quote from: cha05e90;657919
Why?


You're seriously asking? All this mystic bla bla for nothing but delays and hot air? Sure, you don't have to wait until summer. right, I don't wait for summer. It is over already - for the 2nd time since this "what is X" thing!
I am happy Acube usually don't do this stuff, but announce when they have something to announce, hence I am rather optimistic for this time. But with announcements like that you are just seeding high expectations. Acube will probably have a hard time to meet these expectations, because I doubt they will show off the X500 tablet convertable laptop with a dual core 2Ghz+ processor tat also houses an fpga which delivers a Natami expansion with OS supporting SMP, MP and transparent legacy compability.
Title: Re: ACube Top Secret!
Post by: XDelusion on September 04, 2011, 11:46:23 PM
I'm guessing another tablet. :/
Title: Re: ACube Top Secret!
Post by: HotRod on September 05, 2011, 01:05:50 AM
This isn't Amiga Inc so I kind of like to be given a hint that something cool will come and have something to look forward to. It isn't that far off either and depending on the company you'll know if they deliver or not.

Also even if they shouldn't deliver (I'm sure they will) so what? Even if that happened it wouldn't be the end of the world.
Title: Re: ACube Top Secret!
Post by: Duce on September 05, 2011, 01:27:05 AM
ACube has traditionally been pretty good about not writing checks their asses can't cash, if you catch my meaning.

Likely nothing I am interested in, but they are usually not the types to hype the hell out of things and not deliver, even if their products aren't for you.
Title: Re: ACube Top Secret!
Post by: Tripitaka on September 05, 2011, 03:54:41 AM
AGA Minimig?

Well, not long and we will find out.
Title: Re: ACube Top Secret!
Post by: klx300r on September 05, 2011, 06:23:51 AM
i say it's a Sam460ex in The Daddy's custom case & with Hyperion's blessing it will named the AmigaOne X500
Title: Re: ACube Top Secret!
Post by: XDelusion on September 05, 2011, 06:49:24 AM
Maybe it'll be a tie with the Amiga boing ball on it?
Title: Re: ACube Top Secret!
Post by: kamelito on September 05, 2011, 11:31:14 AM
Probably a coincidence...
Viscorp : "We take final possession of Amiga technology and rights on September 19th. We are here now to develop our strategies and find out what the users want. Check our web site for more developments."

Look at the date...Maybe I took the wrong one :)
Title: Re: ACube Top Secret!
Post by: kamelito on September 05, 2011, 12:04:14 PM
More dates on the 25th anniversary video by Rogue.

What I would do is an X86 Amiga with AROS and the AROS kickstart before C=USA release its Amiga lines. Just because people buy that stuff, and the money earned from it could fuel real Amiga projects. (ie OS 4.x and its HW)
Doing so Acube will cannibalize its Sam HW so its surely not that.

Sam with minimig core in its FPGA would be cool if possible, it could also be an Amiga HW emulation in software within OS4, trapping HW calls and mapping them to the underlying HW. (ex using pixel shaders for copper...)

Low price X1000 make a lot of sense but it'll also lower the interest of the X1000 too early I think.
A deal with Jens for CloneA? too early too since I suppose the 19th will be the launch date.

Kamel
Title: Re: ACube Top Secret!
Post by: actung_bab on September 05, 2011, 10:19:55 PM
well seeing as the latest sam is the 460 i guess 500 would be sam with a faster cpu
or it chould be somone at acubes lunch list
Title: Re: ACube Top Secret!
Post by: commodorejohn on September 05, 2011, 10:31:53 PM
Quote from: kamelito;658014
Low price X1000 make a lot of sense but it'll also lower the interest of the X1000 too early I think.
Lowering the price would reduce interest? How does that work? This isn't 100-year-old port wine we're talking here, anything that could bring the price down from "mid-range wall-sized flat-screen TV" to something even halfway closer to the world of "hobby computer purchase" could only help, interest-wise.
Title: Re: ACube Top Secret!
Post by: GMeanie on September 05, 2011, 10:50:32 PM
I agree.
Lets make an announcement and maybe 2 years later release it.


Quote from: persia;657915
Whatever it is I hope it ships in 90 days or less, this whole announce something and then delay after delay is getting really old.  It's an Amiga tradition best abandoned while there is at least some community left.
Title: Re: ACube Top Secret!
Post by: kamelito on September 05, 2011, 11:46:42 PM
Quote from: commodorejohn;658107
Lowering the price would reduce interest? How does that work? This isn't 100-year-old port wine we're talking here, anything that could bring the price down from "mid-range wall-sized flat-screen TV" to something even halfway closer to the world of "hobby computer purchase" could only help, interest-wise.



I meant an Affordable X500, like the A500 compared to the A1000.
kamek
Title: Re: ACube Top Secret!
Post by: Templario on September 05, 2011, 11:47:35 PM
13 days to go.
Title: Re: ACube Top Secret!
Post by: commodorejohn on September 05, 2011, 11:55:44 PM
Quote from: kamelito;658119
I meant an Affordable X500, like the A500 compared to the A1000.
kamek
Well, you'll kindly note that the Amiga only really took off when the 500 was released as it provided the same (actually, slightly improved) technology at a lower cost. If by "X500" you mean something along the lines of the X1000's tech at a more affordable price, who cares if it overshadows the original? Let it!

(Not saying that's likely, but theoretically speaking, I wouldn't shed any tears if an affordable PA6T system stole its thunder.)
Title: Re: ACube Top Secret!
Post by: kamelito on September 06, 2011, 06:50:54 AM
Quote from: commodorejohn;658122
Well, you'll kindly note that the Amiga only really took off when the 500 was released as it provided the same (actually, slightly improved) technology at a lower cost. If by "X500" you mean something along the lines of the X1000's tech at a more affordable price, who cares if it overshadows the original? Let it!

(Not saying that's likely, but theoretically speaking, I wouldn't shed any tears if an affordable PA6T system stole its thunder.)


I suppose that nobody care except the ones who put their money on th X1000.
but yet again they said that the SAM line of computers are kind of an entry level Amiga NG. But I agree the price for now is too high for many.

Kamel
Title: Re: ACube Top Secret!
Post by: persia on September 06, 2011, 05:34:41 PM
A sub £300 system would be nice.  Just a plain box with a bunch of USB connections, a DVI out, wifi, a few gig of ram and a hard disk would do quite nicely...
Title: Re: ACube Top Secret!
Post by: Mazze on September 06, 2011, 05:47:59 PM
Don't you see Kitty's eye in that picture?
Title: Re: ACube Top Secret!
Post by: trekiej on September 06, 2011, 06:13:00 PM
More joysticks? :D
Title: Re: ACube Top Secret!
Post by: spihunter on September 06, 2011, 06:20:44 PM
NO No! As long as it's not a DiscreetFX secret annoucement we might see something real come out of this! ;)


Quote from: trekiej;658205
More joysticks? :D
Title: Re: ACube Top Secret!
Post by: XDelusion on September 06, 2011, 06:29:14 PM
Alright, next guess...

The long lost next incarnation of Amithlon will finally be released and will be compatible with Touch Screen Devices!
Title: Re: ACube Top Secret!
Post by: trekiej on September 06, 2011, 06:32:36 PM
That would be awesome.
Title: Re: ACube Top Secret!
Post by: jorkany on September 06, 2011, 07:29:34 PM
Quote from: persia;657915
Whatever it is I hope it ships in 90 days or less, this whole announce something and then delay after delay is getting really old.  It's an Amiga tradition best abandoned while there is at least some community left.


I agree, but at least ACube has proven to be pretty reliable unlike every other company associated with the whole OS4 debacle. I expect to see whatever it is available on the 19th and not just an announcement of something.
Title: Re: ACube Top Secret!
Post by: XDelusion on September 06, 2011, 07:51:37 PM
Or maybe a Boing ball signed by Hunter S. Thompson? ;)
Title: Re: ACube Top Secret!
Post by: Delta on September 16, 2011, 08:11:46 PM
I hope it will be a new product sold at a fair price.  

It is a weird coincidence as I have been seriously considering buying myself a SAM460 this month but now I have to wait september 19th before deciding anything just in case this "secret" would be a new Amiga compatible system with specs/price I would prefer.

Acube! You teases, tell me what it is! :)
Title: Re: ACube Top Secret!
Post by: nicholas on September 16, 2011, 08:18:48 PM
Quote from: jorkany;658217
I agree, but at least ACube has proven to be pretty reliable unlike every other company associated with the whole OS4 debacle. I expect to see whatever it is available on the 19th and not just an announcement of something.


What if it's a port of MorphOS to the SAM series of boards?

The BAF's would be in uproar! ;)
Title: Re: ACube Top Secret!
Post by: Heiroglyph on September 16, 2011, 08:22:29 PM
Quote from: Delta;659613
It is a weird coincidence as I have been seriously considering buying myself a SAM460 this month but now I have to wait september 19th before deciding anything just in case this "secret" would be a new Amiga compatible system with specs/price I would prefer.


So in this case they have actually hurt sales with this tactic.

Does no one remember Osborne anymore?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osborne_Effect
Title: Re: ACube Top Secret!
Post by: Delta on September 16, 2011, 08:28:18 PM
@Heiroglyph:  Lol probably not but purchase is suspended for now until I know...  Plus I can't really figure why I have started to be so interested in the SAM460.....a couple of weeks ago I was still convinced it was overpriced and useless for my use.

Since I saw that movie on youtube showing the 460 in action,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3JbzW3l-NE

it kinda raised my interest by a notch :)
Title: Re: ACube Top Secret!
Post by: Heiroglyph on September 16, 2011, 08:40:11 PM
Quote from: Delta;659616
Plus I can't really figure why I have started to be so interested in the SAM460.....a couple of weeks ago I was still convinced it was overpriced and useless for my use.

Since I saw that movie on youtube showing the 460 in action,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3JbzW3l-NE

it kinda raised my interest by a notch :)


I wonder why more Amiga advertisement isn't done this way?

I'm pretty jaded and as simple (and slow) as that video was, I have to say that I'm more interested after seeing it than I was before.

I'm not ready to drop a grand on one, but it is a bit more appealing.
Title: Re: ACube Top Secret!
Post by: utri007 on September 16, 2011, 09:26:04 PM
Hope it is about 250€ mobo with OS4 support.

I wouldn't care specs, unless if they are below 300mhz
Title: Re: ACube Top Secret!
Post by: giZmo350 on September 19, 2011, 01:09:06 AM
ACube Secret Revealed!
 
http://www.acube-systems.biz/index.php?page=hardware&pid=7
 
(http://www.acube-systems.biz/common/image/hardware/amigaone500_image.jpg)
Title: Re: ACube Top Secret!
Post by: XDelusion on September 19, 2011, 01:50:27 AM
Meh. Mac and MorphOS still looks like the better option. Crazy high prices, sheesh!
Title: Re: ACube Top Secret!
Post by: matthey on September 19, 2011, 01:50:29 AM
Wow! A SAM 460 in a box with an "official" Amiga logo and mouse. That's worth twice what the parts would cost individually! I imagine the lines are forming now as this runs an AmigaOS unlike the best efforts of Amiga Inc. It probably took much longer than sticking an official Amiga sticker on it too ;).
Title: Re: ACube Top Secret!
Post by: Tension on September 19, 2011, 01:55:26 AM
Quote from: Heiroglyph;659615
So in this case they have actually hurt sales with this tactic.

Does no one remember Osborne anymore?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osborne_Effect


Everybody knows the Osborne Effect is a load of bollocks.
Title: Re: ACube Top Secret!
Post by: amigadave on September 19, 2011, 06:24:19 AM
$1,199.58 U.S. Dollars plus $54.65 for a video card (optional) and you add your own keyboard and mouse.

Considering what the X1000 is going to cost when it is released, I guess there will be several AmigaOS4.x users that will like this "lower cost" option.

If there were no other alternatives, I might consider spending that kind of money to run the latest AmigaOS4.x, but with MorphOS2.x and AROS and UAE being in the current state that they are in, I can't justify spending that much money just for the chance to run OS4.
Title: Re: ACube Top Secret!
Post by: Duce on September 19, 2011, 06:25:13 AM
That case is ugly as sin.
Title: Re: ACube Top Secret!
Post by: takemehomegrandma on September 19, 2011, 08:24:58 AM
Quote from: gizmo350;659901
ACube Secret Revealed!

So what it all was about, was a bundle for their Sam460 board, containing a pre-selected case, mouse, HDD/DVD with SATA controller card, RAM, logotype stickers and a T-shirt, for EUR €1,062 (+EUR €45 for a graphics card, to make it usable ~ EUR €1,100)?

OK...
Title: Re: ACube Top Secret!
Post by: Lurch on September 19, 2011, 08:56:04 AM
Well if someone buys that they're crazy. All that cash and the video card is optional, not only that it's an outdated card?

Far better things to spend money on i.e. fpga arcade/minimig/natami.

I love the Amiga, but this isn't the right way to do it.
Title: Re: ACube Top Secret!
Post by: ajlwalker on September 19, 2011, 09:34:04 AM
All I'll say is I do hope they don't stop selling the motherboards, and go exclusively down this route.

The Amigakit announcement of the lower prices on Sams seems to make sense in the context.

The case isn't that bad in my book, but what the market needs is better value for money, not large markups on pre-built systems lowering value for money further.

All the same, best of luck.
Title: Re: ACube Top Secret!
Post by: jj on September 19, 2011, 10:35:18 AM
holly ****, over £1,000 , for that
Title: Re: ACube Top Secret!
Post by: nicholas on September 19, 2011, 12:03:31 PM
What a complete rip off!
Title: Re: ACube Top Secret!
Post by: toRus on September 19, 2011, 01:14:20 PM
I don't mind the (high) price. What bothers me is the 2 week wait for such a boring and unneccessary marketing scam.
Title: Re: ACube Top Secret!
Post by: persia on September 19, 2011, 01:29:08 PM
Bad marketing, people were actually expecting something.  Sad really.
Title: Re: ACube Top Secret!
Post by: broken on September 19, 2011, 02:43:36 PM
My favorite part:

Quote
If you ever used the old Amiga 500 you will find that the new AmigaOne 500 takes this legacy to a new level: extra speed, modern interfaces (DDR2 memory, USB2, PCI Express, SATA2, Gigabit ethernet), onboard sound, faster graphics, the most up to date Amiga Operating System. These are just a few of the features you will get by purchasing the AmigaOne 500.


LOL. This thing has **** all to do with any of the original Amiga's much less the 500.


These guys just don't get it.

And yeah, that case is ugly as sin. Its like a $30 case.


I would rather drop the cash on a FPGA Arcade or NatAmi.
Title: Re: ACube Top Secret!
Post by: Digiman on September 19, 2011, 05:45:31 PM
Duplicate post/ISP flaky.
Title: Re: ACube Top Secret!
Post by: Digiman on September 19, 2011, 05:46:19 PM
SAM460 Motherboard prices....

1.15 Ghz CPU + OS4: 705,00 EUR (853.05 EUR including VAT where applicable)

OR

CPU 1 Ghz,512 MB DDR2,AmigaOS4.1 included: EUR 664 (803.44 EUR including VAT where applicable).

Problem is not the case choice.
Title: Re: ACube Top Secret!
Post by: jorkany on September 19, 2011, 05:53:14 PM
Case choice aside, I'm more curious about what ACube's use of the AmigaOne name might mean. Consider that A-eon is also using the AmigaOne name, and that many hypothesized that if the X1000 was successful A-eon might follow up with a less expensive AmigaOne X500. It wouldn't make any sense to have an AmigaOne 500 and an AmigaOne X500.
Title: Re: ACube Top Secret!
Post by: ChuckT on September 19, 2011, 06:39:27 PM
Quote from: jorkany;660019
Case choice aside, I'm more curious about what ACube's use of the AmigaOne name might mean. Consider that A-eon is also using the AmigaOne name, and that many hypothesized that if the X1000 was successful A-eon might follow up with a less expensive AmigaOne X500. It wouldn't make any sense to have an AmigaOne 500 and an AmigaOne X500.


At least it is causing name confusion for that other Commodore want to be company.
Title: Re: ACube Top Secret!
Post by: Heiroglyph on September 19, 2011, 06:52:07 PM
I guess the red team is trying to get the naming conventions on their machines to line up as if it was one company.  Not a bad idea really since nobody can afford to make an entire product line.

It's just kind of sad that the low end "500" is $1200.
Title: Re: ACube Top Secret!
Post by: persia on September 20, 2011, 02:22:36 PM
And spec'd like a low end tablet...
Title: Re: ACube Top Secret!
Post by: takemehomegrandma on September 20, 2011, 02:38:25 PM
Quote from: jorkany;660019
Case choice aside, I'm more curious about what ACube's use of the AmigaOne name might mean. Consider that A-eon is also using the AmigaOne name, and that many hypothesized that if the X1000 was successful A-eon might follow up with a less expensive AmigaOne X500. It wouldn't make any sense to have an AmigaOne 500 and an AmigaOne X500.


I guess it can be called "AmigaOne X600" then? ;) Not that I think it will ever come that far...
Title: Re: ACube Top Secret!
Post by: takemehomegrandma on September 20, 2011, 02:44:49 PM
Quote from: Heiroglyph;660028
I guess the red team is trying to get the naming conventions on their machines to line up as if it was one company.  Not a bad idea really since nobody can afford to make an entire product line.


Completely pointless, since all the potential customers (the people on amiga.org and amigaworld.net) already knows the difference. It's "the Emperor's new clothes" in that regard - everyone sees the truth but themselves. Especially so if you say crap things like "If you ever used the old Amiga 500 you will find that the new AmigaOne 500 takes this legacy to a new level" like broken pointed out above, I mean, who do they think they are fooling?
Title: Re: ACube Top Secret!
Post by: jorkany on September 20, 2011, 03:06:58 PM
Quote from: takemehomegrandma;660208
Completely pointless, since all the potential customers (the people on amiga.org and amigaworld.net) already knows the difference. It's "the Emperor's new clothes" in that regard - everyone sees the truth but themselves. Especially so if you say crap things like "If you ever used the old Amiga 500 you will find that the new AmigaOne 500 takes this legacy to a new level" like broken pointed out above, I mean, who do they think they are fooling?


What you fail to see is that the X1000 will spark a new interest in OS4 outside the community. After all, those people have been silently waiting to buy a complete system running OS4 with the Amiga name attached. Once the X1000 is out of beta a flood of new users will appear, but not all will have the $3000 needed for an X1000. The AmigaOne 500 is for those millions of new users.
Title: Re: ACube Top Secret!
Post by: kickstart on September 20, 2011, 03:40:04 PM
amigaone 500... its serious? come on, at least make a desktop case acube... crappy.
Title: Re: ACube Top Secret!
Post by: commodorejohn on September 20, 2011, 03:47:25 PM
I seriously doubt there's some kind of barely-suppressed cultural longing for a pricy PPC board that underperforms used Macs and runs an OS based on one that most people who used the Amiga probably never even bothered with, but not any of the games.