The Red One X vs x1000

[cpaek72]

Guys, i'm trying to decide which amiga to purchase. I've read through a lot of materials on the x1000 and the upcoming x5000 and need advice on driver support and which system in general just is better for now.

I know the x1000 has more potential, but the driver support seems lacking, especially the wasted cores and 3d driver support, but the sam460ex also seems like it has similar issues.

My feeling is go with the sam460ex The Red One X and save the money until they figure out the x1000, 5000etc.

My main use will be to have one system where I can put all of my classic amiga games into and fiddle with os4.1. I'm not going to get any true work done on this, so it's more of a hobbyist system to see where os4 goes.

What do you guys think? Should I just go for the x1000 and wait for the support?

Can I play all amiga games on these systems including aga games? Thanks. I'm pretty new to the amiga scene.

Charles

[cpaek72]

Thanks for the quick responses. Looks like the x1000 could be the one. One last question. Anyone know when the x5000 is looking to be released? Thanks again for all the feedback.

[cpaek72]

Wow, thanks for all the feedback. Yeah, it's a bit confusing about the emulation part. If the x1000 and other AmigaOne's have to emulate all the classic software, then the only thing left is a ppc linux box? So, why have it run on PPC if it can't run any of the old amiga software natively? Is the integration of the emulation into os4.1 better than what's currently avail on windows and mac? Just curious. Probably talked to death on the forums, but I do want to get a machine where I can support the amiga cause and that bit of nostalgia is what's driving me to consider a machine and not winuae. Does that make sense?