Will you be buying an AmigaOne X1000 ?

[djrikki]

Being single and livin' under the roof of my parents and holding down two jobs money is no obstacle to me so I'll be placing my order on day one.

[djrikki]

@slayer

And I haven't owned an Amiga since 1997 so will be interesting comeback for me.

[djrikki]

True its premature Piru, but wrong for you to mention AmigaOne in the broader sense after all the previous models were made by someone else as I am sure you know.

Just have to see how well the Beta test programme goes down... if its all plan sailing I would hope for a release by December.  *fingers crossed*

[djrikki]

Got a nice Mac Mini sat next to me at work which I own with a funky wireless keyboard... love em, but shame its Intel

May not be amazingly expandable, but has plenty of USB ports and who needs more RAM when you got 2GB and run Mac OS X... thats right virtually no-one!

And thats pretty much what the AmigaOne X1000 will have, plenty of RAM, heaps more USB ports, and a very comparable amount of Ghz.  Just need all the compatibility issues to fall into place.

Edit: By Compatibility I mean.. all the hardware supported, extra cores, general USB etc...

[djrikki]

I'm thinking about buying, but not right now.
Yet it is quite expensive, especially for Russia, with our small income.
Must be a way to buy just the motherboard - transfer large amounts of weight and rather expensive, difficult to pass the customs bureaucracy.

And all that is written "no," I want to say - you are enemies of amiga platform. Developers spent a lot of funds and time that would create a new, relatively competitive platform, and you can't spend some money once in 2-3 years to upgrade the computer on your favorite platform?

Or paint it yellow and you got your own Herbie. :lol:

@easy_john
Yeah buying a new computer every 2 or 3 years isn't a lot to ask now is it.  Although the use of the word 'enemies' is probably misguided.

Anyways a similar thread (and more importantly a Poll) I started on AW is looking more positive at this moment in time at least.  Although still quite divided.

http://amigaworld.net/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=32461&forum=33

[djrikki]

So Piru's answer is not even bother trying?

@jorkany - That old chestnut again.  Considering X1000 and SAM range contain AmigaOS they can be considered an Amiga.  There are other threads devoted to nit-pickers I am sure.

(ME: Although the use of the word 'enemies' is probably misguided.)

(EASY JOHN: maybe it's not quite accurate translation. In Russia there are well-established expression "You're your
own enemy," it means that a person does something that will be worse for himself.
Without the support and regular production, although not very productive motherboard - platform dies, it's stupid not to understand. Anyone who says "I'm amiga-fan, but I will not buy a new board" is contributing to that development stops at all.)

Yeah I can understand that 100%.  Problem is there a lot of people on this board who don't really support Amiga and just come here to whinge about 'how things could have been' and look back into the past too much.

easy_john wrote: that would create a new, relatively competitive platform

piru replied: No. Whichever way you look at it, it sure isn't competitive.

Lacking in some big areas yes, but the OS looks fairly up to par in the most important of areas:

* Program Launcher
* File Exploration
* Networking between Macs and PCs
* Internet, FTP, Email
* Desktop and Gui preferences etc

Sure things maybe a little less eye-candy, but pretty functionality.  Once again it really depends on everyone's personal expectations of what an operating system should offer.

If you want amazing third-party apps you have to give developers a great system first and the new Amiga specs do exactly that for the AVERAGE user.. ie. the biggest userbase.

[djrikki]

Maybe in larger organisations yes the_leander, but as small businesses make up for the vast majority of the marketplace I would say Time is a much higher priority.  Very few businesses are going to go out of their way to replace existing hardware that is fit for purpose just go to and replace it with newer technology that just takes up less space - especially at this time when the world is in recession.  It will be down to hardware manufacturers at the end of the day to determine what type of system they think the consumer will buy in the future without compromising on expandability and a number of other factors.

Nevertheless your point is still valid, I just don't think there is sufficient momentum behind it yet do you?

[djrikki]

Absolutely not; the gap in technological advancement is massive in comparison right.

OT:
I think the timeframe of the recession lifting as you put it, seems to be getting further and further away - especially here in the UK.  I ring businesses and local authorities as part of my daily work and all I am hearing is negativity.  I am told over the phone 'oh we have to print in Black and White now as opposed to Colour to save money on ink cartridges we certainly don't have any money to buy what you are offering' or 'we have to ask permission from management to print absolutely anything'. Bleak times ahead.  Hence my apprehension.. there is just no money about unless your a Solicitor, Debt Collector, Funeral Director or a f-ing Banker.