Too much cash, forced to buy it as a complete system with gawdy case and keybd/mouse, and to be painfully blunt - it still won't do anything more than my SAM does for me in regards to being a "daily driver" computer. I'm still running old legacy SW in an emulator under OS4, the web browsers available aren't up to snuff, and throwing faster chips, more ram, more slots onto new boards won't change the situation at all.
Note: I love my SAM 440 rig. Love it. It's not going to replace my mac or pc anytime soon even with 1000 more ghz and 16 GB of RAM on the SAM (or x1000). I'm starting to hop on the Apple-esque notion of getting the OS onto more common (and cheaper) hardware and going the sandbox mode for entirely seamless legacy support. I've tried AROS, not my cup of tea and it won't run on my more modern SLI PC's, but it was pretty fair to use on a beat up older box I tried it on. Aros and Morph certainly have a rabid following, and the hardware is more sanely priced.
I wish them well on the X1000, but I'll eat my hat if boatloads of people pay what they are asking for it. Quite frankly I was surprised at how many people bought into the SAM boards at the much saner price they are retailing for. The X1000 is still OS 4, which as nice as it is to those of us that grew up on the Amiga, is still years behind of what people are used to for that kind of money.
Top end iMac or a X1000? Maybe a "killer app" will come along for OS 4 and prove me wrong and take advantage of the power the X1000 is boasting, who knows.
