The X1000 will be > $2,225

[Retro_71]

Starting to get way off topic but here is my 2c and just for the record i have been around for years and years just never reg until 2007.
I build Computer/Servers and Networks for a living (yes i know u don't want to here it but a bit of background is ok...), anyway from a Tech stand point this system is so over prices i can build a Mega system for cheaper then this price so let say its not meant for normal humans and if its a Hobby its not meant for many hobbyist and if its for developers then its meant for only really Die hard ones and even if this is the first batch how much cheaper will the others be (if there is anyone else after this batch that wants to buy them) the question is who and how many people was it meant for i am still trying to figure that one out.
Point is Old technology at very very new technology prices, can i afford one hell yes i can afford a few in my Amiga fund BUT i wont buy it, it not on my radar and wont be. LOL i rather hope for and buy Natami/FPGA Arcade and a few others before this. If you going to take the time to make something why make it with old technology i don't get it i can't sell 4 month old computers to clients and tell them there top of the range so why are they thinking that we will fall for it?
Anyway wish them luck to whom ever they are targeting this system to but i will not be me or anyone i know around me here is Sydney.
That my 2 sec and i will shut up now. and do try stay on topic although i have had fun reading some of the posts here.....

[Retro_71]

New Amiga? hmmmmmm maybe in name, Amiga was cutting edge when it was introduced what i see here is expensive old technology at 6 core prices. To me it just doesn't feel like an Amiga, it look like any other PC/Mac around at the moment in truth i am far more excited about FPGA Arcade/Natami and other projects then this. what can this do that my Quad core at work or home cant using win 7, what is there to make me want to beg for a X1000... nothing i wish i can think otherwise but it comes down to another PC/Mac look alike with an Amiga name sorry but this does get my juice flowing or anything else for that matter.
I can build dozens of computer that look better, faster and a more personalized then this "Amiga" and that using store bought MB/HDD and graphics cards. All it has in OS4..... not really a point to spend any amount of money on....

[Retro_71]

Actually you assume wrong i was a programmer first and tinker second i just have that avatar as i couldn't find one better and i am lazy.
I don't design motherboards i just make computers and from my stand point why should i pay for something that cost more and doesn't do all i want? could your X1000 out perform my 2 yo quad core with 4GB of ram and a ATI 5870??? my point is if it was a world beater then i would buy one but it isn't its an average spec machine with a high price tag (maybe later it will be cheaper) but its not an Intel I7 980X or AMD X6.
I really do wish you luck but i think you went for a very weird middle ground in pricing and in specs for this PC (yes PC which means personal computer.....) and like i said it just doesn't grab me by the Ba*** and shake me to rush out and buy one.
Good luck and all the best with the X1000 i do hope you sell all of them and make a profit.

[Retro_71]

Very True and look i do hope you sell heaps but for me i wish the specs were better, then i would buy one. Hopefully when you make the next version it will be either more powerful (then i don't mind spending the money) or cheaper.
I don't really follow any camp and at the same time i follow all (i have heaps of system that i love to mess around with and put all the Different AOS on them).
Can't wait to see what will happen in the next year or so should be very interesting.

[Retro_71]

ajlwalker
and what does OS4 do that is so special? that can't be on on my PC. i like OS4 but it's a hobby OS for me.
Everyone and I include were referring to the A1000 launch since that was the start of Amiga and it was way ahead of its time, and since references in it name and other places refer to the A1000 why shouldn't i compare them. i have never mentioned any other Amiga and your wrong the CD32 was ahead in the console market for its time..
Comes down to Average Spec high price where is the bang for the buck??
In your response to you claim that the other Amiga's where not cutting edge but except for the A4000 the other were much cheaper then what is on offer today even in 1990's terms.
This is a hobbyist computer but they have priced it out of reach of the large majority if you want to spend that kind of money then go right ahead i am not stopping you.
My hope is they make a better or cheaper version next time around

[Retro_71]

LOL you mean Sam or others No thanks i will wait until you make a better one..
or Natami or FPGA Arcade come out (actually i have put aside money for all 3 plus some C64 stuff). It true i don't use any of the AOS for day to day stuff BUT i would like to when they can offer the Apps i need and are more mature.
But at least we are living in these very interesting time can't wait for everything to come to fruition.
Good luck with everything and keep us posted. In all fairness i am not against this system and i never have been my only issue is its pricing and specs.

[Retro_71]

which i use too like i said before i like all the AOS and don't side with any camp but the same applies to them as OS4. it really time i shut up i haven't talked this much in months and months!!!!