Hyperion/A-EON introduce us to the AmigaOne X1000. A new beginning?

[outlawal2]

I hope it will make for a nice computer. Sorry SAM users, but your hardware is **** compared with this. I really think they will drop the SAM line altogether or else make it much cheaper.... BYE-BYE Acube, nobody likes your cruddy hardware! I will probably have to sell my blood on the black market or something to foot this bill....

Actually your comment is ****...  I am always amused at folks that try to bring down others when they have absolutely NOTHING to offer.  The fact of the matter is that Acube have been the folks that have kept our dream alive and kicking for the last few years.  As for the SAM line, you may not like them as I am sure others may not, but there are also many people that DO love it.  And in case you haven't noticed, the SAM has been the ONLY viable option to keep the Amiga dream alive. I personally thank Acube for their efforts and commend them for taking the risks that they have to ensure that people like you and I HAVE an alternative option to the PC/MAC/LINUX triad as it stands today...  

MAYBE in a perfect world, this new machine will be the Cat's *** and be available at a reasonable price so that all of us that are salivating at the possibilities actually buy one...  THEN, once again in this perfect world, the SAM's will come down in price and be the viable entry level version... (Maybe a mobile version of the SAM for the first Amiga laptop and the X1000 being the desktop?)  I don't know, but I do know that insulting the only company that has worked with us and for us for the past few years is rude in the least...  

And downright STUPID

Once you pull out your own checkbook and fund a project like Acube has, THEN you may have the right to deride them...  But I haven't seen any $ except from Acube...  
And once again I thank them for their efforts.

[outlawal2]

OK a lot of folks are complaining that this machine isn't the killer box that we all want...  This may be true, but look at things from the point of view of the business man trying to make a buck.  They have to generate enough cash to sustain this project and you can't do that by creating a machine that costs $10,000...  (Ask Steve Jobs about the Lisa)

Soo with that in mind, here is what I would do if I were king..

Work alongside Acube so they could continue refining the SAM as an entry level machine.  

1) Release the new X1000 with a price point of about $1100. US
     Let the Amiga community play with it, revise it, make interesting use of it's new   features etc...
While that is happening...
2) Acube refines the SAM and adds WIFI and tweaks it to fit into a NETBOOK package and call it something like the AMIBOOK.  Bundle a flavor of Linux with it... An easy and friendly version like Ubuntu.  This is CRUCIAL to my plan.) Create a truly KILLER browser for OS4.x and include it and a decent email program in this netbook
3) Find a store that has a decent infrastructure to sell these things. (An upscale store would be best and market this as an upscale Netbook)
By packaging Linux you get the Linux crowd interested, and once they are our numbers will double overnite AND we will gain programmers as well.  Also, remember that Netbooks only need to do 3 things. Connect WIFI, SURF and email. We all know OS4 does a LOT more, but these 3 are VITAL to making this work.
4) Now that we have gained notice with a killer Netbook and the magazines are favorably reviewing them, take the proceeds from the Netbook sales and hire a few folks to help with programming, updates and such and then...
5) NOW create the killer machine that we all want, because now there is a decent customer base to work with, reducing the costs. Also, by this time there will be enough positive buzz that some software and hardware companies will be interested and NOW WE HAVE OUR BELOVED AMIGA BACK!