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Re: Registering Interest for AmigaOne X1000
« on: April 02, 2012, 05:04:20 PM »
@thread

you know what's funny? when i saw this posted originally, i figured that less than twenty-four hours in, piru and TMHG would be all over it. and when i checked it this morning, guess who i saw?

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they just can't help themselves. every OS4 thread, without exception, here they come, like the plague.

well done, chaps. again you manage to demonstrate your vast superiority. we are in awe at your brilliance, your prescience; we stand dismayed that we should dare use something other than the great and might MOS on apple hardware. one butterfly to rule them all.... :lol:

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Re: Registering Interest for AmigaOne X1000
« Reply #1 on: April 02, 2012, 05:16:09 PM »
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at least you accept your inferiority and your defeat :-)
oh, absolutely. if only i would listen to the magnificent, cogent arguments of the holy piru and his disciple TMHG, who try in vain at every opportunity to turn me from my wicked path.

and here i am, foolishly thinking that this announcement from amigakit was good news. i even emailed to sign up, signaling my willingness to pony up $3000 for such an inferior, pitiable machine. how idiotic of me to want to use something i enjoy, rather than something they enjoy.

i'm sure they'll be back here shortly, ready and willing to explain to me for the 2,176th time how that was a bad move and i should submit to the mighty tide of MOS and used mac hardware. any minute now. :lol:

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Re: Registering Interest for AmigaOne X1000
« Reply #2 on: April 02, 2012, 06:27:26 PM »
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LOL, it's like Burma here isn't it.  However do you manage to keep up your heroic efforts and spirits in the face of all this oppression.
i know, i know. saint TMHG continues the good fight on behalf of all that is beautiful and noble in the world against the hoards of evil OS4 users. aren't we so fortunate to have the MOS team and their crusaders here to show us the light? :rolleyes:

fight on, dear martyrs, fight on! for those who do not see the light must be fought on their own ground. never give in! never surrender! we need your enlightenment, your brilliant guidance, on every OS4 thread, o acolytes of the butterfly! only you can divine how when people talk about anything OS4-related on this site, what they really want is to talk about how MOS is superior! they must be shown the path and the glory! MOS FTW!!!!!!!!!!! :lol:

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Re: Registering Interest for AmigaOne X1000
« Reply #3 on: April 02, 2012, 06:31:31 PM »
Quote from: Piru;686578
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=apple+powerpc+repair

Now try to get your X1000 repaired 5+ years from now...
why, piru, i didn't realize your god-like abilities extended even so far as to divine the future! hail, hail, o all-seeing lord of the butterfly! we humbly submit to your superior wit and wisdom! :crazy:

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Re: Registering Interest for AmigaOne X1000
« Reply #4 on: April 02, 2012, 06:40:15 PM »
Quote from: Piru;686583
You don't need to be an Nostradamus incarnate to realize that computer with maybe 500 units sold will have way worse support than computer that sold millions.

Really.
indeed. and how fortunate we have you to point that out and freely share your heavenly genius with us wayward folks who have yet to adopt the path. i so enjoy your astounding insights every time i read a thread even remotely related to OS4 or OS4 hardware platforms on this site. please, what other fascinating bits of badger-sputumly inconsequential MOS propaganda will you assail us with next? i can hardly wait!


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Re: Registering Interest for AmigaOne X1000
« Reply #5 on: April 02, 2012, 06:44:25 PM »
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Where are you getting your "20-30" buyers numbers from, TMHG?

I doubt the X1000 sold a boatload off the first production run, so they are likely indeed low - just curious who's ass you are pulling numbers out of this time.
his. the source of most of his 'knowledge' of the other guys.

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Having a motherboard only option would not only lower the cost (face it, they *are* making a premium on the components - that's only basic business sense), but would have actually got me on the sign up sheet regarding pre-orders if the price on the mobo was acceptable.  Can't help but think a lot more people would have been interested if a bare mobo was available like the SAM boards - and yes, system builders are well aware of the risks of them killing boards if they build systems in a stupid fashion.

I was signed up on their email mailing list before it was announced that they would only be coming in prebuilt form.  I wouldn't have bought my SAM 440ep is a bare mobo option wasn't available.  While I can't say price isn't a factor, I was truly interested in the X1000 when I was going under the assumption I could throw it together with my own components.  Sadly them not offering that lost them a customer and a developer, as meager and niche as my coding efforts are (face it, no one is buying OS4 machines to run PPC native telnet BBS software on, lol).
i have to agree with you, there. i really wish they'd offer just the board. of course i could have signed up to be a tester, but i don't really like the idea of paying for the privilege of testing someone else's product. usually it's the other way around.

and given the massive shipping charges customers see here in the US, offering just the board would save us substantial money just on that point alone. have you emailed matthew and/or trevor to see if they would make an exception for you?

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Re: Registering Interest for AmigaOne X1000
« Reply #6 on: April 02, 2012, 06:44:57 PM »
Quote from: Piru;686586
@eliyahu

I usually post facts with little sugar coating. Intolerable, I know.
oh, come on. is that the best you can come up with? :lol:

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Re: Registering Interest for AmigaOne X1000
« Reply #7 on: April 02, 2012, 06:52:56 PM »
@fishy_fiz

that's probably the best reply so far. honestly, if i had found this site before i purchased my SAM and entered the 'amiga community' a couple of years back, i wouldn't have bothered. stuff like this really is a turn-off. i need to be careful i don't start getting sucked into the fighting like this again.

@thread

let's just get back on topic, shall we? i'll go ahead and start by unilaterally ceasing fire. :o

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Re: Registering Interest for AmigaOne X1000
« Reply #8 on: April 03, 2012, 03:05:52 PM »
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Actually, that makes sense to me.
It would make more sense to reference Transitions offer on AmigaOne XE systems.
what offer are you referring to? i must have missed that one.

edit: never mind. found it. thanks.

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Re: Registering Interest for AmigaOne X1000
« Reply #9 on: April 03, 2012, 03:15:57 PM »
Quote from: drHirudo;686794
Either you are VERY BAD at mathematics or you talk about MacOS X, which comes for free with PowerMacs.

According to MorphOS Help Desk, MorphOS keyfile is currently available at an price of 111.11 EUR (includes 19% VAT).
Googling todays (as Piru loves to use Google) EUR/USD conversion - 111.11 Euros = 147.94 USD.

So with 3000 USD, you can buy - 3000/147,94 - 20,27 MOS licenses (assuming you get the hardware for free).

So, your arithmetics are wrong and fabricated as usual, but this is nothing new in the MOS propaganda that floods the site all day long.

With X1000 you receive bundled copy of AmigaOS 4.1 - worth 124.95 Euro including VAT, and you are entitled for free copy of AmigaOS 4.2 when it arrives.
On top of that AmigaOS 4.1 comes in professional made box on labeled CD (something called collector's item for people like me who have all public AmigaOS versions on original disks, along with manuals, so it's worth for me).
just FYI, at least with the 'first contact' systems, you had to purchase the OS license additionally. the free copy of OS4 is the copy of OS4.2 when it ships.

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