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

[Hammer]

Pitty they weren't making a laptop. Sitting in Starbucks with an Amiga laptop would have been cool.

How are they able to call it the AmigaOne? Wouldn't that name have been registered to Eyetech?

Laptops? how about tablet pcs?


ps; typing this from ACER Iconia W500(AMD C-50 based) Tablet PC on a free coffee shop WiFi connection.

[Hammer]

A-eon stated that they sourced them elsewhere with this announcement from the News section of their website. Due to the moronic design of that site it's not possible to directly link to news items, but if you extend the menu shaft by tapping on the menu head, and then touch the News ball, and select the article 22 Dec. 2010, you'll find this:

"Fortunately Varisys, our AmigaOne X1000 hardware partner, had a long-standing relationship with PA Semi and we were able to secure a supply of PA6T CPUs for the AmigaOne X1000 project"

What A-eon doesn't reveal is what source PA Semi directed them to. I presume it was a warehouse of new old stock, but who knows?



I thought that was the main arguments for sticking with PPC - because the x86 hardware changed too much over time?

Oh well.

There are embedded AMD and Intel CPU lines.