AmigaOne is out of my budget league

[danbeaver]

Well, I can't yet afford one (x1000) but I want one; once I got deep into OS 4.1 on my Classic I really wanted to see what a new machine would do with it.

[As follow up on price, if someone wanted to buy one of my two A4000T's then it would cost them far more than the cost of an x1000]

[danbeaver]

@zylesea

Exactly, there is no compelling reason to go to OS4.1, all the Amiga software I run is classic which is happy in a classic machine or Amiga Forever (which uses the same emulator for classic that OS4.1 does).  Most of the new 4.1 apps are ports of Linux open source software.  So what do I need the Apple chip in the X1000 for?

I can program an XMOS microprocessor better using a USD99 board on a PC than I can on the X1000.  

Now what might be interesting is to pick up the abandoned PearPC code and try to make an emulator for 4.1, but I just don't have the programming skills for that....

There is no compelling reason for you to go to OS 4.1, but you can't speak for others. It is a great OS in the Amiga tradition. And if I enjoy it on my Classic and would love to run it on an x1000, then that is my prerogative. There are many type of Amiga users out there and let us decide what we want.