News on the X1000!

[haywirepc]

I wish them the best, I really do but this whole computer,it just seems ludicrous all together.
 
First of all, the specs were shit compared to x86/amd pcs when they announced the specs how long ago?  Now its a year behind their announced release date and they have linux running on it, but not os4?

I can buy a 3ghz  dual core dell on ebay for 50$ thats as fast as this thing, faster maybe because it can use both cores.
 
2500-3000$ for this thing is ludicrous, and apparently by the time they actually release it I can get a 12 core intel/amd machine for the same price, running linux of course, with all drivers, and all 12 processor cores working.
 
All of this, plus the "timberwolf" port of firefox is no where near completion, meaning you can't even view youtube (or many other modern sites) on os4. Wait, you want us to pay 3,000$ for a computer that can't do what my phone can do?
 
NG amiga? NG amiga is a nice idea, if its affordable.
 
Make mine AROS or MorphOS. At least those platforms are affordable (And both better to if you ask me, even if you take the cost of hardware out of the equation)

Steven

[haywirepc]

I agree that its all more smoke and nonsense. This is not news. A REAL release date would be news. Releasing benchmarks against a comparable mac, linux or windows pc would be news.
 
Lets see, posting some videos of the thing actually working and running software would be news.
 
Announcing that it will have a browser as capable as my 3 year old phone(or better) would be news.
 
Saying sorry no release date, no we won't discuss where we are getting this niche processor, or in what quantities, sorry we won't give any reason for the year+ delay in release... Thats just bullshit.
 
If they are already on a second revision board... Something major didn't work in the initial board design, can you guess what that is?
 
If anyone actually paid them money for this nightmare in advance of release, I think they will be pretty surprised at how incredible shitty this thing currently is, with little hope of being salvaged.
 
There is a reason they are making people sign non disclosure agreements. They don't want you posting here or elsewhere how much this POS crashes and how slow it is, or how it barely works for 30 minutes before heat problems cause a shutdown, and thats if it boots at all.
 
GURU meditations indeed.
 
Steven