I think you guys are missing a vital point.
If AOS4 was ported to X86 processors, do you really think they'd sell a lot more copies? Or would most PC users still continue to use Windows, OSX, and maybe Linux?
Who would they sell it to? Us, the fanatics willing to still support this market (and there really aren't many of us).
Why are we constantly rehashing our personal opinions on platforms when we already have variants covering every major processor type except ARM?
And I'm baffled at the X1000 bashing. If you don't like the high price (which again folks is primarily caused by the low volume limited market) and you want an X86 machine support AROS. Yes the X1000 is overpriced, but I'm know the designer and Treavor hired to only company I'm aware of that could have built a machine to this spec. It may be the last major PPC system introduced, and yes its definately a vanity machine because its spec are damned nice.
Further if PPCs are dead, why are Appliedv Micro and Freescale still introducing new models?
Again, no matter what your prejudice, there's an Amiga related system available (or about to be introduced) that will suit you.
Totally into pain? Stick with legacy hardware. Its still out there (even NOS systems) and there's still software and hardware being developed for it. And if you're patient (and have a lot of faith) you can wait for the Natami.
Those of us who have gotten over the whole "Amiga" name things and just want to continue to evolve are using MorphOS (and we welcome Hyperion to the PPC table because virtually any software created for AOS4 is likely to be ported to MOS).
And again, want to use only one core of your X86 machine and tout a 3d graphics system that's still pretty buggy? Use AROS, because they will keep improving it.
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Intel Core i5/i7 includes Turbo Boost feature.
When the processor has not reached its thermal and electrical limits and the user's workload demands additional performance, the processor clock frequency will dynamically increase in increments of 133 MHz on short and regular intervals until a thermal or power limit is reached or the maximum speed for the number of active cores is reached. Conversely, when any of the limits are reached or exceeded, the processor frequency will automatically decrease in increments of 133 MHz until the processor is again operating within its limits.
- wiki
An example, my Intel Core i7-740QM (4 cores/8 threads) @1.73Ghz overclocks to 2.93Ghz during single thread task.
With 3 or 4 cores active: to 1.86 GHz
With 2 cores active: to 2.53 Ghz
With only 1 core active: to 2.93 Ghz
Another example , i7-920XM with normal operating frequency is 2.0GHz
With 3 or 4 cores active: to 2.26GHz —————> 2000 + 2 × 133.33 = 2000 + 266.66 ≃ 2266
With 2 cores active: to 3.06GHz ———————> 2000 + 8 × 133.33 = 2000 + 1066.64 ≃ 3067
With only 1 core active: to 3.20GHz —————–> 2000 + 9 × 133.33 = 2000 + 1199.97 ≃ 3200
The older Intel Core 2 Duo T7x00 includes a limited Turbo Boost feature.
