The X1000 will be > $2,225

[Tripitaka]

My first 486 cost £1500, it was an IBM Blue Lightning and it ran Doom like s*** off a shovel. Fast! Having said that, all PCs cost silly cash back then. I got an Amiga1200 the same year for £350 and both of them claimed an equal amount of my time. I enjoyed them both and I still have the A1200. Back then however was a very different time.
Roll on to 2010 and we see the Acer Aspire Revo R3600 at £215. A very nice Atom/NVidia combo for the money. We also have a credit crunch sqeezing our wallets.
Given the above I just can't justify £1500. IMHO I would rather have seen Hyperion putting cash into Pegasos and maybe getting a PEG III to market. I know that's not going to happen but I wish it would.
The SAM systems look far better value and the Natami still has my interest. Morph OS is also looking stronger now and with EMac support, well let's face it, a SAM and an EMac added together cost less than £1500.
I also think that maybe Hyperion missed the boat with the rise of the slate. A SAM plus touchscreen could have been worthwhile if done right (with flash and Photogenics for a start). As for the keyboard, yuck! The A4000 keyboard was pure elegance and still shines in my eyes. This X1000 thing looks way cheap.
I wish Hyperion luck and if I win the lottery I'll get an X1000 anyway but in my current financial state I think finding a PEG II looks like a better option.

[Tripitaka]

The only jokes around are the people that still do not understand this machine is not aimed at Amigans at large but a small population of developers and PowerUsers (read: enthusiast with enough money or "will"). It only serves as a vehicle for the first, to evolve the platform, and it's just a first step.

I think DAX makes a good point. We still have a chicken/egg situation as far as power software being required to sell power hardware/ power hardware being required to develop power software is concerned.

Perhaps the end user market should stick to the SAM for now and let people like him that are willing to pay the price for the X1000 and develop new software we need get on with the job.

I for one salute anyone that helps push the Amiga platform forward with the use of time and money in a way I'm not in a position to do. I just hope that between them and the few rich kids who'll buy an X1000 regardless of price that this works out well for Hyperion. As part of the end user market myself, the SAM or a PEG II is a better option for now, until the chicken hatches at least.

SAM, PEG or X1000, all sales of OS4 put Hyperion in a better position. That's a good thing for OS4 either way.