AmigaONE X1000 Free Shipping Offer

[ElPolloDiabl]

I don't think it is that good of a deal. They may be having trouble moving them and reduce the price further. Not to mention people will waiting for the upgrade.
I'm pretty sure you can buy a 50inch 3D TV at that price.

[ElPolloDiabl]

Alright, but don't act like they will leave the market if you don't buy at that price.
There is a small amount of people in the community who can afford to pay any price for an Amiga and will.
Others would prefer something in the sam460 price range.

[ElPolloDiabl]

Amiga OS today would be more like MS Windows. Under a big company at least. It might have ended up on x86 (x64) as well.

You have very very small companies pushing it along as Amiga... Two programmers for the OS???! lol

p.s. It's good enough for me though.

[ElPolloDiabl]

Don't forget Amithlon. That was another potential direction for Amiga to take.

[ElPolloDiabl]

It is just generic hardware with a PowerPC. They don't make custom hardware anymore.
It would be nice to have all the Amiga specific connectors. e.g. you could add some upgrade cards to the sam460 instead of having to buy a whole new motherboard. It's almost not doable however.

Is more Amiga specific hardware required, not generic stuff?

Add dual boot into PowerPC + emulator, or classic only mode where only 68k things run (plus all the extra add ons.)

[ElPolloDiabl]

I just checked the compatibility list. It isn't that many programs. 16 pages with some of them only partial. You will be switching back to E-uae. Which makes the system identical to AROS.

[ElPolloDiabl]

They should have written OS4 for old macs and that would be the end of the argument.
If you can't afford a new Amiga: $200 for OS. $100 for an old Mac. Everyone is equal.

I suppose there is a reason they didn't, but they are not letting on.

[ElPolloDiabl]

If OS4 was available for 2nd hand Macs, you would fill up all those remaining price brackets.
Price comes up as an issue a lot. For $300 I would get an OS4 machine tomorrow.

[ElPolloDiabl]

There were two subjects being covered:
What would Amiga be now? and Is it worth buying an X1000?

At $3000 it is too steep for me. Part of that high price is because we don't have 2nd hand market where you can buy old systems for $100.

[ElPolloDiabl]

I just checked out some youtube videos of Amiga OS4. It's nice and there was no lag. Kept all of the original OS3 features.

I might make all future models mini-itx though. Cheaper to post and people prefer the smaller size nowadays.