Hyperion/A-EON introduce us to the AmigaOne X1000. A new beginning?

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And using wireless and on a non portable desktop is just crazzzzzyyyyyy.   If you don't want to have wires running from a router somewhere else use network plugs.  Much much better than wirelss

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yes I have just bought a N300 wirelss router that does practically 270MB but I am not taking about cables I am taking about the network plugs that use the electrccitiy sockets much much better solution than wireless for desktops.
 
Wireless is great for portable devices but pointless for permanent desktops

[jj]

And who is to say that Acube is not involved in this board

[jj]

How about not being a pedant?

[jj]

Is that some clever snarky remark? :-P

No that was your remark.  A Pedant is someone who is obsessed with small un-important details and bringing them to other people attention.

[jj]

Okay, maybe I should have worded my post differently. But to speculate that A-Cube is involved, when they've said they're not involved is close to calling them liars. It's not okay in my book unless one can show they've lied in the past or have proof that they lie today.

It's this ingoring certain things that's been said by A-EON and others that annoy me in this ongoing debate on the AmigaOne X1000. It's not you spesifically JJ, it's other people too here.

Like the continuing insistance by many that this is a "tuned" POC/demo board. Why would we not accept A-EONs word that it's a new board designed to their specifications? Why isn't that good enough, to those of you who advocate that it's not, why not find the proof, and stop spreading FUD.

There are things that's strange in this. Why are we not focusing on that? Those issues are getting lost in the noise over less issues IMHO.

Like, why can't we get a clear picture of the case?
Why can't we get a high resolution of the motherboard?
Why does the wesite look like its designed by amateurs from 1994?
Why would the "higher upper ups" keep the CPU secret?
What OS updates follows the new motherboard?
Will there be a Radeon driver?
What other drivers will come with the OS?

Lots of questions still, but instead we pick and pick on things that for the most part have been answered.

Sigh. Perhaps I'm a pedant...

Sorry I did not realise this was what you were getting at.  I had not read anything saying that A-cube were not involved.  I was just specualting.  Bu stand corrected.  Been so much stuff posted skimmed a lot of it.

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I bet running winXP under emualtion on a G4 Mac mini would be slooooooooowwwww

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Unfortunately, I don't think any such people exist now. All those that were able to make objective comparisons have already done so and made their choice.
 
What's left are people that will stick only with OS4 or MOS on principle.
 
Or at least that's how it seems these days.

I have never really been in either camp but was excited about A1 for awhile and always wanted to try AOS4.  But I didnt see the point on My PPC A1200 and there was no way I was spending the kind of money they wanted for a SAM let alone a X1000.
 
So in last few weeks bought a Mac mini silent ugrade for £150 and MorhpOS licence for £98.  Pretty cheap and the fastest Amiga-like-OS running capable machine out there (AROS aside) .  I am pretty happy with it and its so amiga like it is AmigaOS in all but name.  If you love AmigaOS you would love MorphOS.   The only thing blinding some people is the name.

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And this is different to the current situation in what way?
 
 
 
We currently have two expensive proprietary OSs on fundamentally obsolete hardware that have absolutely nothing to offer over free alternatives on up-to-date hardware. Only the most dedicated users remain.

Dont get me wrong I can not see MorphOS becoming my main use OS that will still be ubuntu 10.4 and Win7.  Its all a hobby and a pretty fun one to me.  Got my interest back for awhile anyway.  Considering my classics have been gathering dust for at least 3 years now.

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Phones aren't computers.
And I never said I didn't admire some of the features of Linux. I've downloaded at least a hundred variants. I just haven't found one I wanted to use on a regular basis.
 
BTW - Did you notice that the object of your point was a commercial product. Maybe, that and volume could be considered some of the important features of a mainstream OS Certainly, Android is a mainstream phone OS.

 
Um my phone is defo a computer.  Look up nokia N900

[jj]

There may be some cross over between the two, but I can't see a phone as a substitute for a computer.

Checking email? Seems valid enough. At least if you can avoid having to access a web page.

Isn't text messaging supposed to be the way to go with phones? I'll leave that to people that want to and can master those little keys (I'd rather talk directly or leave a voice message that will probably be ignored).

Using the internet? Maybe you want to do this, but with their tiny screens and limited resolution I'd rather avoid the eye strain.

Apps? Lots of them, plenty of poor ones (along with more than a few games I've got no interest in), but I'm not doing my word processing on a phone (not if I can avoid it).

Is everything with a microprocessor a computer? If not, is everything with a microprocessor that can do some of the things a computer can do a computer? What the hell is the iPad? And finally, do I want all these devices (cause the phone isn't going to make a adequate replacement for all them yet)?
Far too many question, You keep thinking of your phone as a computer. I'll keep wondering when somebody's going to tell me their wristwatch is a computer.

ok 800X 480 res not billiant.  But my phone will connect to telly.  wll connect to a bluetooth keyboard, though even has one.  Can connect wii controller, and ps3 controllers.  Runs linux, had an amiga emulator, plus snes, megadrive etc.  had 600mhz arm proc whoch can do 1ghz.  cant be botherd to go on beacuse whislt i wold never use my phone as a replacement for desktop/laptop  its a computer under any defination you can think of.