Ben Hermans still staunchly against x86

[orb85750]

As stated at AmiWest 2010, they still have no interest in x86.
I suppose selling a handful outdated slow overpriced computers somehow makes them more money than selling good software that runs on fast commodity hardware.

I certainly understand the desire NOT to follow everyone else, including the once-upon-a-time "Think Different" Apple, onto x86.  Plus Hermans seems very happy with the PPC prospects.   Excerpt from Amigakit website:

Ben Hermans encourages people to look at Freescale P4 P5 architectures for future of AmigaOne range.  He says PowerPC is still a viable platform for the future.  Potentially 8 cores running at 1.5Ghz: "mind boggling performance"

[orb85750]

So we could have a machine with 7X as many idle cores as the X1000.  Mind boggling indeed.

I'm not for or against OS4/X1000 etc. at this point (I've never even used OS4), but the implication is that they will not be idle in future OS versions -- obviously.

[orb85750]

AmigaOne X500 needed ~$500 including OS -- wouldn't it be nice?