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Re: AmigaONE X5000 (A-Eon Technology Ltd on Facebook)
« on: January 11, 2014, 11:12:19 AM »
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Look at MacOS 10 for X86, only runs on Apple's Machines.
And the new Pro cost more than 5000$ ( the basic version).
 
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The Mac Pro starts at $3000 and is not a consumer grade machine.  Even Apple will tell you that, it's meant for video production houses.  Want a desktop Mac, buy an iMac for a grand.  I've got a 2011 iMac and it still handles everything I can throw at it.

I've had Hackintoshes for 3 years - OS X installed on commodity PC kit, entirely non Apple hardware.  It is not difficult to do.  20 minutes and a couple Google searches.
 

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Re: AmigaONE X5000 (A-Eon Technology Ltd on Facebook)
« Reply #1 on: January 11, 2014, 11:04:40 PM »
It is about 20 years too late in regards to porting to x86, IMO.

I fail to see what it would buy us, even if it was easy to do.  You're still having to use an emulator to run legacy programs, and you are never going to get all of said legacy software ported to the new architecture.  At least with my PPC "Amiga" hardware, whether it be MOS or OS4, I still can run the vast, vast majority of old Amiga programs without having to use an emulator.

You'd have an Amiga like OS on commodity hardware, which would lower the costs of entry, for sure, though.

Smells like AROS to me, IMHO.