Interview with Trevor Dickinson

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Exactly, why not port OS 4 to the Limebook?

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The Amiga was about doing more with cutting edge hardware and software.  The new AmigaOS/AmigaOne is not cutting edge in either.  The X1000 is an elitist hobbyist machine.  It's about bragging rights in an ever shrinking community.

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But it isn't a classic Amiga, it runs classic software through UAE, the same way a Mac or PC does.  Only it is far more costly than either of those....

Classic A4000s are selling for 500 pounds on ebay.
1500 pounds for a high performance complete system with OS sounds okay to me.
I'm not sure what people expect for such a specialised market.  If they can't make a profit they cant make anymore or anything else.
I hope seeing Trevor's NZ connection there is a distributor way over here.  Hope but doubt.

gertsy

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People don't compare the price of computers to houses, they compare price of computers to computers....  AND in this comparison all you can say about the X1000 is FAIL.

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That's interesting, what is the cost of the Efika_MX smartbooks?

It would be interesting if Dr. Schulz finishes the AROS port to EFIKA-MX now it's going into mass production (see http://bbrv.blogspot.com/2010/05/moving-to-mass-production.html ) in time for A1X1K's release date on which sells more.  $2K officially sanctioned A1X1K with OS4 or one of the OEM (apparently there are several large OEMs) EFIKA-MX based smartbooks with  (again assuming Dr. Schulz finishes it in time) AROS installed.  If I buy one of the two, I know which one I would be buying, or atleast, could afford to buy.