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

[amiga92570]

Someone in china is producing them right now as we post.

[amiga92570]

I run all my emulation on xeon dual processor system under nt 2000. works like a charm. Also, its the only machine that has multiple parallel ports for commodore 1541 drives. Works great!

[amiga92570]

That's a neat idea. Back when PC still used ISA expansion cards I used to plug in one or two additional parallel controllers. On today's motherboards you're lucky to have one parallel port (they're slowly being eliminated) and I'm not sure about current support for additional ports for PCI or PCIe expansions.

I've always been curious about people hanging on to 2000 though. Since all recent Microsoft OS' have been offshoots of the NT kernel, what prevents you from using a more recent version of Windows?

I Have 2000, I do not want to spend the money on Ultimate to make use of the dual processors. 2000 works great for what I use this computer for.

[amiga92570]

^+1

[amiga92570]

Psh, probably already outclassed.  Dual core NVidia Tegra phones with software that supports it, and not tethered to a desk!

I agree, My Motorola Atrix would more than likely out perform the x1000, and has the software support to do so. Its unlikely the X1000 will offer any revolutionary software as they are generally just playing catchup with modern PC's using antiquated hardware.