[A-EON updates] The "Golden" Child - Nemo revision 2.1

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Next you are going to start praising iconatain's range of 'Amiga' tablets.

Btw I think Amiga tablets look nice.

Also there is nothing 'bog-standard' about the x1000. How many other custom designed ppc boards are out there with a Xena chip on board?

There are Xena add-ons available on Varisys website. You can order one and have Xena (XMOS) on Amiga 4000, PC, Macs, anything.

I also think the X1000 will be worth more than the Sams in resale value because they are different to the Sams (see above). I think it is perfectly possible for the Nemo boards to increase in value. Some of the most desirable collectors items were financial failures that later became cult icons. Thus increasing in value. An example of this is the Walker.

The original price for the Walker was much more than its current price at eBay.

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I don't want to support Intel because the stuff out there is not anywhere near as good of quality as a PowerPC G4 Powerbook. Have had it for two years, its the nicest, prettiest and most inexpensive computer I have ever paid for (300) and it runs jsut fine. As long as good quality hardware remains, PowerPC is not dead.

The CPU architecture have nothing to do with the hardware quality.

If we could bring down the price of PPC Hardware by reaching into another market, somehow and some way, then I see a good future.

From the whole PPC market Amigas are only small fraction. Even Apple could not sell machines in volumes that actually paid it off.

If we go X86, we go the way of BeOS.

BeBox sold about 1800 units. That makes it more succesful than AmigaOne but less succesful than Pegasos. Pegasos could not change the world.

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Sure you can argue that you can buy an add on xcore kit and save money but it's just not the same as it wouldn't work anywhere as good as the X1000 Xena would.

How good it is?

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If you are on planet Earth it would have been obvious i was referring to this recent thread.

http://www.amiga.org/forums/showthread.php?t=58649&page=5

It sold for 1100 Pounds. Did i ever say the Walker ever went into production? No i did not. Stop putting words in my mouth.

The cost per Walker was more like 11000 pounds when it was built for Amiga Technologies.

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When i quoted the Walker i was just trying to show that certain piece of  hardware can still retain high value. Not sure after a decade or so but  if someone bought an X1000 today you could probably sell for a profit  in a year or two when they stop production.

So, just hope A-eons folds quickly :-P