Call me insane if you like but I think I want an X1000 now :)

[Amiga_Nut]

Title says it all really, what does a man who has almost everything get next?

5 years from now when X1000s will be as rare as rocking horse doo-doo coated in crushed hens teeth it will make sense. Beyond CPU speed or driver issues or dog slow PS1 emulation (meaning you still can't play Wipeout 2097 a la PPC based A4000) it will be a unique computer. It will be just like my Memotech MTX512 and FDX disk expansion on my desk.

Yup I think I will get myself one for Xmas.....Jesus may weep but I will have a one of a kind super kooky machine just like last decade with my NEXT machines

[Amiga_Nut]

Wow! Lots of replies here!

I read through the thread earlier and there was a few comments about "it's not really worth it" and I would like to address that.

When you go off the track of common garden variety products then the price reflects low availability and bespoke/uniqueness of the vehicle. I recently paid £6000 for a car just 2 years younger than my original Amiga 1000. I decided to call that car Christine because nobody in my family could understand why I would buy a 1988 tail happy RWD car with a ridiculously large engine (about the size of a Ford Escort) and excessive over engineered etc. However to me it is the only car that does what it does and I'd rather be soaked in petrol and set fire to than drive some crap 'modern' euro box with no character and just well as pleasant as a motorway service station dinner.

It's the same with the x1000. I felt the need to have a machine to run OS4. It doesn't have to play 1080p video (I can live with a PC + Zoomplayer + Vistacodecpack). In fact all it has to do is pretty much just switch on and run OS4 programs. If I can one day use it to run my basic web pages I design (nothing more modern than HTML of 2001) and NOT GET VIRUSED TO DEATH ON A DAILY BASIS then it serves its purpose.

So you see, for me value is a relative thing and that's all I can say. I didn't get the original AmigaONE last decade and regret it, as the x1000s are still around new today then it means I can actually experience buying a new computer that isn't Windows or Mac. I didn't want cup holders in my car or an engine that turns off at the traffic lights or tries to steer and power the same axle on the car and I had to pay through the nose for a very very old car....but then it is unique and well it will not be as annoying as a 'modern car'. Same difference with the x1000 vs latest PC %&$#?@!%&$#?@!%&$#?@!%&$#?@!box. Speaking of PCs....isn't anyone else getting pissed off that the i7 is NOT going down in price even after all these years...AMD COME BACK, WE NEED YOU TO JAM A STICK UP INTEL'S ASS TO KEEP PRICES LOW!

So that will be an extra comfy straight jacket and one x1000 for Xmas please Santa

PS The MOS comments, I don't have a problem with MOS at all but a MOS Mac and an x1000 are completely different machines to me and neither affects the purchase of the other, if need be I would have both. If MOS for Mac G5 is finished I will purchase a licence for that too and a G5 Mac to run it on but not before G5 distro is released.

[Amiga_Nut]

@amiga_nut
What kind of car you got? 6k aint that much for a car. :-p

Ahh, edited too much in my post lol

It was a BMW 325i Sport (1988-89 classic model) and they used to cost about 3000-3500 a year ago for one in mint condition, and 3 years ago I picked one up for 1500 in reasonable condition. 10 years from now you probably won't be able to buy one unless you have something just as rare/cool to trade.

[Amiga_Nut]

That's 6000 UK pounds sterling for a quarter century car that you could have picked up for 3000 last summer/autumn.

It's sort of like what happened to Amiga 3000/4000 systems over the last 18 months. I see 030 CPU cards now for the price 4000/030 machines were going for not that long ago.

Moral of the story, if you want something that is in limited supply and will only be owned by fanatics best to grab one when you can (this applies for anything IMO....even rubbish Atari STs haha)

[Amiga_Nut]

Yeah I never understood why there was 42bhp difference between the 320 and 325i, the 320 was not tuned for performance.

My dream car would have been a 325 with the 525e E28 engine conversion (2.7L) but I don't believe there are any left now. I almost got an M3 once in the late 90s, the small time dealer up the road had a white 2.2L original one for just £3999, they're like £15,000 now at least. They have much more get up n go, very different powertrain really but I love the sweet Ferrari like note of the 2.5 six cylinder when you stick a lovely Scorpion exhaust on it (no DTM tailpipes though please).

It's just a dolphin grey model with stock wheels (better ride) but crucially in the speed camera infested UK it has the on board computer not the analogue clock, so you get that beautiful chime like when calling the air hostess each time I go over 31mph in town *bliss*

It really reminds me of my Amiga 1000 days in the late 80s as I also just bought my first E30 a stock 325i SE and took the car and my Amiga 1000 abroad with me in the med for a year (and used both daily haha happy times eh)