Aros vs. X1000

[yester64]

Mm.. i have to admit that my knowledge is really rusty. Since i left Amiga in 94 i had no contact besides an emulator.

Then i read years ago about Aros and their mobos. And now the X1000. But i am not sure what of an Amiga there are.
Can you run legacy software on them and is there new software? I don't think there is an new version of Dpaint or something like that.
CygnusEd is still available (i had that) and Dopus (i still have that).

If someone can link me to some webpage thats fine. I just like to get more knowledge about these computers.

And no, please. It is not a flame message.

[yester64]

First of all. Thank you for the reply and the list of links. Will take me some time to read through it.

From what i have seen so far, the most appealing solution for a new Amiga (like) system would be Acube w/OS4. This is just my personal preference right now.

Morph OS requires me to buy either an Apple computer (don't like) or a other morph compatible hardware.

Aros is a nice solution too, since it seems to run on top of a Linux system.

Hyperion (did i write that wrong now) is another interesting choice, although it seems a little expensive. Perhaps better hardware.

What make Acube appealing to me is the small size and the price.

For now, i have my old UAE (for which i lost my key 2005 edition) so i might buy it new anyway since its 2012 now.

I just need to check what software is actually available for either of the systems. As much as i like the original hardware, its more nostalgic empathy. I still will look for a A1200 or maybe 600 for the kick of gaming (or demo).

Sadly, i can't judge any of these systems to say which is technically better. But i have to read a little more in to that.

It seems to me that i chosen a wrong topic since there is no vs. but rather a what serves my needs.

Thanks again, i hope i can read maybe some reviews about the hardware and software side.

[yester64]

Incorrect, AROS runs native on X86, X86_64, Commodore Amiga 68K, and some PPC systems.  Now there are Linux hosted (including ARM) available but it's the Devs that mostly use hosted as most folks prefer to use AROS native on their given box.

Darn, i had the impression that its on top of linux/bsd. Thanks for the heads up.

[yester64]

Dammy already said it... it is a little more complicated.

there are three "NG" OSs now
MorphOS using used PPC Macs
AmigaOS using new but expensive PPC hardware
Aros running on different platforms (hosted or alone)

AmigaOS (the OS) is developed and sold by Hyperion and they have cooperations with Acube and e-on that produce and sell the hardware

MorphOS is developed and sold by the MorphOS team and you can buy the hardware on ebay (of course much cheaper than the new OS4 solutions)

I cannot say which solution is better because I do not own PPC.

Then Aros: it supports X86, ARM, 68k and PPC and there are solutions that run alone on supported hardware (similar to Linux) or hosted (Linux, Android, Mac and others)

The user generally uses a distribution that includes lots of preinstalled software. For X86 you can choice between Icaros, AspireOS and Broaway X, for ARM (Android) you have now a new distribution and I have created a 68k distribution "Aros Vision". All are free of charge, you can download and test them.

Hope that makes some things clearer.

It does, but i have to do a lot of catching up. I think what i will do is, to run one of the Aros flavors and see what happens.

New hardware would be nice, but i am uncertain about it.
Thanks again for being patient with me