Computers have come an appliance. I want a fun computer again. I spent countless hours on my A2000 tinkering, upgrading, tweaking the Workbench, etc... I don;t think I'll be able to do that with the x5000, but I think it will be "fun" again.
I see this sentiment from time to time and the blindsightedness of it baffles me.
Its all down to usage. You dont need to buy an obscure, expensive, underpowered computer to have fun with them. Other than running one particular offshoot of amigaos and emptying your bank account there's *nothing* that cant be done on any other system.
What the x5000 does is forces people to explore a few different fun facets of computing that they might otherwise ignore, much like a raspberry pi.
Also, in regards to how "quick" it is, well, yes, any system running an amiga-oid system will appear quick. Real software however will show its no quicker than 10-15 year old ppc macs. People claim theres no software to take advantage of the power anyway,..... nonsense, theres plenty of software already that doesnt perform well enough for my tastes. Emulation, compiling, video encoding, software gl via wazp3d, even webbrowsing at times. Video encoding/decoding and so on and so forth. All genuinely underwhelming for this day and age.
Now that said and done, the simple fact is its the best vehicle for OS4, so the above is all moot to a point.
The inspiration for the post was reading the same old head in the sand justifications/excuses/inaccuracies people spew when it comes to OS4/x5000.
If its of interest buy it, even enjoy it, but dont make up justifications and/or subscribe to delusions just because it doesnt compare to mainstream hardware.
