Hyperion/A-EON introduce us to the AmigaOne X1000. A new beginning?

[trekiej]

I was fixin' to post the email from Aeon.
Thanks.

[jorkany]

Since this the last day of Q2 2011, and since A-eon stated that the beta X1000 boards would be delivered in Q2 2011, that means that the beta testers will be getting their X1000 boards today!

So how about it beta testers - why don't you report in this thread as you receive your packages today? It should be quite exciting!

[lsmart]

Since this the last day of Q2 2011, and since A-eon stated that the beta X1000 boards would be delivered in Q2 2011, that means that the beta testers will be getting their X1000 boards today!

I think the delay is really killing sales of the X1000. While I was a potential customer last year, I decided to buy a $600 PC instead this month.

[Varthall]

Only if the OS has support for something like PAE. And again we're back to there being little or no software that could take advantage of the functionality (the one possible exception being blender, however given that when I last saw that software demo'd it was more unstable than Charles Manson I'm tempted to discount even that).

Lately I'm using the Sequencer part of Blender under OS4 for some basic video editing, I had so far a couple of freezes while quitting and a single crash during an MPEG4 encoding, while I never had any problem while working in the sequencer.

Varthall

[persia]

Hard to justify one and a half thousand quid or more on something that is likely to be outclassed by phones in a year or so.....

[tone007]

Hard to justify one and a half thousand quid or more on something that is likely to be outclassed by phones in a year or so.....

Psh, probably already outclassed.  Dual core NVidia Tegra phones with software that supports it, and not tethered to a desk!

[persia]

@tone007

Not to mention the rumours of a dual core A5 based iPhone 5 to be release in September. Somehow the slogan "X1000, almost as powerful as an iPhone 5" doesn't sit too well....

[nicholas]

My shiny new HTC Sensation probably wipes the floor with the X1000.

[Lando]

A maximum CPU/Heatsink/Fan assembly temperature of 31.1C was
recorded while playing a DVD on a software rendered 1920x1200 full screen
display.

Playing a DVD? That uses about 3% CPU on my 2009 iMac. If you're testing the CPU for heat it would be better to do something CPU intensive, surely? What about something from this century like a 1080p mkv?

[jorkany]

Well Q2 2011 is over with...nobody got their A-eon AmigaOne X1000 beta test board?

Nobody?

I guess A-eon will come up with a new schedule soon! I wonder if it will be Q3 2011 or if they will just go for the end of the year?

[Nostalgiac]

I think the delay is really killing sales of the X1000. While I was a potential customer last year, I decided to buy a $600 PC instead this month.

been looking at this *old* technology laptop
  http://www.ebuyer.com/product/258876

should run WinUEA very nicely indeed...

ta
Tom UK

[XDelusion]

If this ends up selling for around $1000, then I'll for sure buy one. Anything above that would be insane, at least until OS4 has a Lot more apps developed for it along with fast and strong backwards comparability.

[Iggy]

been looking at this *old* technology laptop
  http://www.ebuyer.com/product/258876

should run WinUEA very nicely indeed...

ta
Tom UK

Not a bad buy Tom (if my conversion from pounds to US dollars is correct).
I'm seeing new AMD based dual core laptops going for only a little more then that in the U*S right now.
But its not really fair to compare off the shelf X86 hardware with limited production PPC boards, is it?

[dammy]

But its not really fair to compare off the shelf X86 hardware with limited production PPC boards, is it?

Why not?  If the hardware runs an Amiga-like OS, it should be fair game to compare it with other hardware that runs Amiga-like OS as well.  It's completely fair to compare it with x86 or used Macs as in the case for MOS.  Once COS 2.x running on new Commodore Amigas are out in the wild, it's going to have to be able to compare with hardware AROS is running on, MOS is running on, and what OS4 is running on.  That is a lot of choices for the end user to decide on, which is a wonderful thing compared what we had 12 years ago.

[Nostalgiac]

But its not really fair to compare off the shelf X86 hardware with limited production PPC boards, is it?

hehe - no it's not - specially if the shelf stuff outperforms the PPC bleeps by a major factor

ta
Tom UK

[Iggy]

hehe - no it's not - specially if the shelf stuff outperforms the PPC bleeps by a major factor

ta
Tom UK

For people focused on running legacy software , you have a strong argument.
Scary when I find myself siding with Dammy.