ACube Top Secret!

[jorkany]

Whatever it is I hope it ships in 90 days or less, this whole announce something and then delay after delay is getting really old.  It's an Amiga tradition best abandoned while there is at least some community left.

I agree, but at least ACube has proven to be pretty reliable unlike every other company associated with the whole OS4 debacle. I expect to see whatever it is available on the 19th and not just an announcement of something.

[jorkany]

Case choice aside, I'm more curious about what ACube's use of the AmigaOne name might mean. Consider that A-eon is also using the AmigaOne name, and that many hypothesized that if the X1000 was successful A-eon might follow up with a less expensive AmigaOne X500. It wouldn't make any sense to have an AmigaOne 500 and an AmigaOne X500.

[jorkany]

Completely pointless, since all the potential customers (the people on amiga.org and amigaworld.net) already knows the difference. It's "the Emperor's new clothes" in that regard - everyone sees the truth but themselves. Especially so if you say crap things like "If you ever used the old Amiga 500 you will find that the new AmigaOne 500 takes this legacy to a new level" like broken pointed out above, I mean, who do they think they are fooling?

What you fail to see is that the X1000 will spark a new interest in OS4 outside the community. After all, those people have been silently waiting to buy a complete system running OS4 with the Amiga name attached. Once the X1000 is out of beta a flood of new users will appear, but not all will have the $3000 needed for an X1000. The AmigaOne 500 is for those millions of new users.