The X1000 will be > $2,225

[ferrellsl]

That's a ridiculous high price for a system that doesn't even offer a stable web browser or an office suite.  This is just another example of how fanatical Amiga users get "gouged".  And next someone will point out that the Friedens are working on Timberwolf.  Who cares?!  $2225+ just to surf the web using an alpha version of Firefox?  You've got to be kidding.

If the X1000 acutally had a robust software base and could do some serious work that justifies its high price, it might be commercially successful.  Hyperion and A-Eon are just forging a much smaller niche for an already microscopic user base.

[ferrellsl]

@mikeymike

The article you reference speaks of an OpenOffice port for the X1000.  Is this something "official" or just another rumor.  I can't find anything that states that Hyperion is working on an OpenOffice port.  Just a vague statement from Trevor Dickinson on the Obligement web site that it's being ported as a "Lite" version or a version for "kids".  $2225 for a system with a crippled version of Open Office and an an alpha version of Firefox is a joke.  Why would anyone pay good money for that?.....PT Barnum was right.  There's a sucker born every minute.

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@DAX

There are probably only 10 Amiga PowerUsers left on the planet and most of them are employed by Hyperion.  Not a model of success, even for a "PowerUser" market.

And PowerUsers who only have an alpha version of Firefox and a vapor port of Open Office?  They must have self-delusions of grandeur.

[ferrellsl]

@DAX

Well, I do wish them the best.  I hope the X1000 turns out to be a success but after years of disappointments in the Amiga community it's difficult not to be cynical and/or skeptical.