Power 7 CPU - 8 cores

[Iggy]

I had WinXP BSOD on me a couple of months ago while my system was booting and it corrupted the drive rendering it unbootable.
 
Don't think I've had such a drastic crash since the days of DOS based Windows.
 
Since then I've sold most of my Windows hardware and I'm relying on a Win7 equipped netbook.
 
I've got a copy of Snow Leopard and Parallels7. From now on I'm restricting my Windows use to virtualization.
 
I just don't trust Microsoft's software. It blows up too readily.

[Iggy]

But everyone that can buy SAM or X1000 should do so.

Seriously considering a 460, Vox.
Can't justify an X1000, but I'm hoping that whatever Varisys designs as its sucessor is more affordable.

[Iggy]

Yeah, the MorphOS development team has pretty much ruled out support for Acube hardware, but I wouldn't mind it either.
And the neat thing about the 460 (as opposed to the 400) is that you can use modern video cardss on it.
 
A Radeon HD 4650 or 4670 should work with the same drivers used on the X1000.

[Iggy]

So at some point we'll need to figure out smarter approaches instead of just throwing more transistors at the performance problem.

Yep, smarter, more efficient designs that make better use of those transistors.
 
BTW - Everyone take a good look at Vox's posts (at least as long as they aren't deleted). He seemed like a positive member of he community.