Given x1000 news is everywhere.....but nonchalance prevails

[Iggy]

It is priced way, way far out of range for my hobby budget. 2010 has been a challenging year for much of the US, EU and elsewhere. I think it will be tough selling such a high priced novelty item in such an environment.

Before you jump on me for saying novelty, I think MorphOS and AROS are also novelties for hobbyists.

Red's right,
But a computer that can run MorphOS starts at around $100 (for a used Apple Emac).

The X1000 is probably overpriced because of the limited production and the high cost of PPC processors.

Hopefully, Aeon will sell enough to remain profitable.

[Iggy]

Again Red's right.

I'd love to see this all climb out of the hobbyist niche its in, but the competition's just got too many resources.

I  get a big kick out of MorphOS hanging in there, and I welcome the new AmigaOS4 users and the new hardware, but I just don't know if its likely that Amiga hoobyist are ever like to see anything reasonably competitive.

[Iggy]

My simple point being, there needs to be a camaraderie between the camps for the further benefit of all the "flavors".

I tried making that argument of the Natami forums, only to have Gunnar call me a "jealous  dick".

I've had more progress with this idea on MorphZone. The MorphOS users are a little more laid back. They don't seem to have that argumentative, insecure state of mind that pervades other camps.

I don't understand your argument about cross compiling code from one Amiga-like system to another though. With 2 PPC OS', ! X86 OS, and future potential extensions to the original AmigaOS (for hardware like the Natami), easy recompiling across systems will allow us to enlarge the base of users we have to support software development.

Personally, I don't know if there is a market for hardware as costly as the X1000, but if they've already booked more than the 100 buyers for the first prototype run they may have something.

I also don't understand Acube's market either (since Acube bases their boards on low end Applied Micro processors that are outperformed by G4 level processors), but if you want a new board then don't let me discourage you from buying one.

I'm keeping track of all the developments in the Amiga market. Currently, its fascinating how much development is going on. While I'm skeptical that all this effort will pull us out of the hobbyist market into real competition will current PCs, I'm loving all the new developments.

This is no time for us to be fractious. Against great odds we're still here and growing.