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Title: Howcome Amigakit doesn't have X5000 yet?
Post by: fondpondforever on April 15, 2017, 03:50:34 PM

Howcome Amigakit hasn't got the AmigaOne X5000 Computer for sale on there website yet? Just seems abit confusing since it was available from at least January on other Amiga websites. I sent them a support ticket on Amigakit but i haven't had a message back from them. Thanks for your help.

Title: Re: Howcome Amigakit doesn't have X5000 yet?
Post by: Pyromania on April 15, 2017, 04:02:23 PM

That's a great question. It does look like dealers have them if you need to buy one ASAP.

Title: Re: Howcome Amigakit doesn't have X5000 yet?
Post by: fondpondforever on April 15, 2017, 04:21:43 PM

But I thought Amigakit was a dealer as well and would supply them. On A-Eon's website when you click on AmigaOne X5000 it says 'where would you like to buy it' and gives you amigakit as one of the options but when you click on the amigakit link on a-eons website it directs you to amigakit's home page but not the computer so it's a very pointless link.

Title: Re: Howcome Amigakit doesn't have X5000 yet?
Post by: Iggy on April 15, 2017, 04:37:06 PM

Perhaps they don't wish to undermine their distribution network.
In any case, since the systems ARE available, what is the POINT to this line of questioning?
IF you're an Apple customer, do you feel obligated to buy products only from an Apple store (and if so, God, why)?

Title: Re: Howcome Amigakit doesn't have X5000 yet?
Post by: Rob on April 15, 2017, 05:03:21 PM

Quote from: fondpondforever;824590

Howcome Amigakit hasn't got the AmigaOne X5000 Computer for sale on there website yet?

http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/catalog/product_info.php?manufacturers_id=43&products_id=1121

Or is it a pre-built system you want?

Title: Re: Howcome Amigakit doesn't have X5000 yet?
Post by: fondpondforever on April 15, 2017, 05:06:24 PM

Thanks Rob. I was thinking the pre-built system. Any reason why they haven't got that?

Title: Re: Howcome Amigakit doesn't have X5000 yet?
Post by: Oldsmobile_Mike on April 15, 2017, 05:28:28 PM

I'm going to go with "because AmigaKit's website is written to like, 2006 web standards". I mean just look at the product pictures - they're like 100x100 thumbnails. On another thread someone specifically said they'd decided not to purchase an item (in this case it was an Indivision ECS) until they saw the much superior photos I'd posted on this forum. If my two year old camera phone takes better pictures than a "professional website" that's saying something.

Just kidding, it's like one or two guys operating the thing. I'm sure they have better uses for their time than taking product photographs or updating their site. :laughing:

Title: Re: Howcome Amigakit doesn't have X5000 yet?
Post by: BozzerBigD on April 16, 2017, 01:30:59 AM

Quote from: fondpondforever;824595

Thanks Rob. I was thinking the pre-built system. Any reason why they haven't got that?

Maybe because they have orders to fulfil from those customers that already expressed an interest and can't put the full systems together fast enough in amongst shipping the motherboards to the other distributors and running the day to day?

Title: Re: Howcome Amigakit doesn't have X5000 yet?
Post by: outrun1978 on April 16, 2017, 10:23:14 AM

@thread

At present you are only able to buy the Cyrus motherboard which forms part of the X5000 system.  

Amigakit have already posted on Amigaworld.net that the complete X5000 system will be on sale soon.  

and as soon as they do, my credit card will be getting a little warm..... ;-)