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I don't get it.
« on: June 21, 2010, 11:57:07 PM »
It seems that the X1000 announcement has sent the forum into a timewarp backwards to 2003 or so. I've not seen so much amiga "sectarianism" for a long time.

So, the X1000. It's going to be expensive. We all pretty much understand that. What I don't quite get is why this seems to be such a catalyst for the old Red v Blue nonsense.

The only people that the X1000 was ever going to appeal to is people in the "Red" camp. I strongly doubt anybody in either the "Blue" or "Black" camp would ever buy it, not at any price. The obvious reason being that one's choice of OS dictates pretty much what you can use hardware wise. If you are a MorphOS guy, you are going to get a Peg, Efika or more likely a Mac of some description. End of story, really. Likewise, if you are an AROS guy you're going to choose whatever x86 based kit works for you.

So why all the angst of the X1000, it's price, performance? Personally I like 3.x and it's gang of unruly offspring. I probably use OS4 most of all the "next gen" stuff, but I'm considering a ppc mac at some point so that I can fiddle around with a more up to date MorphOS too.

But that's me. Many others are quite singular in their preference. Which is fine, I have no problem with that. However, if I were predisposed to just one of them, I really would not give a rats rectum about what any of the others are up to. Why would I?

Am I alone in wondering what all this recent nonsense is about?
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Re: I don't get it.
« Reply #1 on: June 22, 2010, 12:33:20 AM »
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I think it is human nature to compare things, for better or for worse. I wonder if things were calmer since it was relatively slow for a long time. Now we have some news out of all options and the chest beating begins again.


Comparing is fine, ranting and flaming away over something you wouldn't have bought even if it came complete with "sex and free beer" seems a bit stupid.
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Re: I don't get it.
« Reply #2 on: June 22, 2010, 12:39:15 AM »
I dunno, I just thought the real hot-heads had all upped sticks years ago for their own platform-of-choice-only forum ideas of utopia.

I'm happy that there's some activity, it's just that it's all seems so unduly negative.
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Re: I don't get it.
« Reply #3 on: June 22, 2010, 12:43:45 AM »
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Granted I am not reading every thread on every message board, but I have not seen anything near as nasty as ~2002-2005. That was an ugly, ugly time.


Yeah, I remember. I signed up just as it all kicked off.
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Re: I don't get it.
« Reply #4 on: June 22, 2010, 07:54:17 AM »
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Amiga is the fight club :-P


Surely you've just broken the first rule by talking about it :lol:
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Re: I don't get it.
« Reply #5 on: June 22, 2010, 07:57:52 AM »
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What I don't get the exclusivity some desire, especially but not exclusively on the red side. Some seem to think an ultra high price is a right of passage and keeping an ultra low user base is somehow a good thing. EVERYONE should want to grow all the communities, not run off prospective users.


This, I can appreciate. When I said "it's going to be expensive", it wasn't a defence of the price, just a statement of fact. I doubt that many people can justify 1500+ UKP for a hobby machine.
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Re: I don't get it.
« Reply #6 on: June 29, 2010, 12:26:12 AM »
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halvliter'n is so right.

He's surely half left?
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