Yep, some of the users which registered their interest via email on the A-EON homepage now got emails from distributors to state which model they are interested in.

> An Amiga.org user is claiming [...]

To be precise, he is claiming that amiga-news.de is claiming this, who in turn are claiming that an a1k.org user is claiming this, who in turn is claiming that German AmigaOne X5000 distributor Alinea is claiming this ;-)

http://www.amiga-news.de/en/news/AN-2016-10-00008-EN.html (English without links)
http://www.amiga-news.de/de/news/AN-2016-10-00008-DE.html (German with links)

> Price is €2500

As per your link, system price is between 2300 and 2500 EUR (depending on components) and board price is 1700 EUR.


Edit: A-Eon press release

[ Edited by Andreas_Wolf 10.11.2016 - 22:45 ]

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That is quite a bit more then I anticipated.
Luckily the exchange rate has been fairly good.

@Jim

i wouldn't take those prices as posted as being official.

-- eliyahu

With all the needless fighting and rude remarks toward both fellow members here, and outside persons, this place is getting more and more like Amiga.org and/or AmigaWorld.net every day.

Very sad to see a site that was so above all that crap for so many years, being dragged down by a few people.

Can the moderators here (do we have any?), please issue some warnings to members who are increasing their participation in such actions?

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It takes something fairly big to get the mods here to do that David (I know, sometimes you really have to push).
I'm not sure that this stuff is all that bad. The negative crap about A-eon and T. Dickenson is annoying, but its just misinformation.
And its hard to defend Ben Hermans.

Lately I've found myself defending the general OS4 development community, which even I myself find a little strange.

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All I see (atleast on the last page of this thread) is speculation about lacking information.
Is Trevor the shinning angel wasting his fortune just to "save" Amiga?
Or his just wanting to be seen as a hero while pushing the riscs down to the users (in the form of inflated prices)?
Dunno, both kinda align with what little we know for sure.

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Correction being a belgian legal clerk/lawyer is the only way to defend Ben Hermans.

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Don't be passive aggressive, point out who offended you and why.

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Well...then he can defend himself. ;)

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I just chatted with some folks on the Youtube livestream and was told the X5000 was actually released today, but only 2 were available for sale at the show. Is it officially released?

I had to drop off watching the livestream, it was terrible. There was a guy who demoed some text based game, and then tried demoing another game but it ended up being just one hard crash-reboot after another of his X5000. After about 15 minutes of this I couldn't take it anymore. Some OS4 fanboys were offended that i was simply there watching.

Anyone here following Amiwest to know if any significant news was announced that would be of interest to a Commodore Amiga or MorphOS fan?

[ Edited by redrumloa 08.10.2016 - 21:34 ]

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Looks like it is released per amiga-news.de.

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Can we get real benchmarks now from MorphOS 3.10 betatesters?

[ Edited by redrumloa 08.10.2016 - 21:59 ]

Hmm looks like there is a new US dealer for the X5000 and they are offering a First Encounter bundle for $1,593.50. I wonder if the bare board without that OS4 related bundle is available?

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The price you quoted is for the bare board, the system price is $1,865.00.
And if I wasn't feeling under the weather and I hadn't made some excuses to beg off a return phone call tonight, I probably could have made the first official US order.

But I really think I'll wait for the four core variant as this will probably be my last PPC based system.

[ Edited by Jim 09.10.2016 - 00:23 ]

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Look again. It is a bundle with MB and software. OS4, Enhancer Pack, Personal Paint and Amiga Racer are all included. If ever a time came where I was interested in a Cyrus board, I wouldn't want a bundle with anything OS4 related that would collect dust on a shelf.

> Can we get real benchmarks now from MorphOS 3.10 betatesters?

I'm sure pampers' offer from comment #226 still stands.

> looks like there is a new US dealer for the X5000

More info there:

http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=de&tl=en&u=http://www.amiga-news.de/de/news/AN-2016-09-00028-DE.html

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That is not an issue for me.
I'm not that fanatical, and Hyperion doesn't make that much out of that sale, the majority of the items being from other vendors.
They are just trying to enhance the value of the package to the majority of buyers, a good business practice.

AND, its not a system price, like I said, I could have purchased the system last night.

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What is fanatical about not wanting to pay for something you'd never use? We are talking about $1,600 for a MB and CPU that performs on the level of PC from about a 10 years ago. Anyone outside of our Kommunity would look at someone paying that price and would think that person should be Baker Act'ed. If I ever decided I wanted a Cyrus board for MorphOS, I'd want it a cheap as humanly possible and that would mean no software bundle that would collect dust. That $1,350 Amiwest price looks a lot better than this $1,600 price.

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The comment about a law your state enacted purely so that prosecutors could gain access to private medical records is wholly unnecessary (for the matter, any reference to Florida's legal system is both irritating and irrelevant).
And I doubt that package adds significant cost to an already costly purchase.

Lets face it, your reasoning is more personal than it is economic.
And that is more a reflection on mental state than is an analysis of the community at large.

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It's not the price alone that matters, but also the level of support. The OS4 crowd have always been quick to point out the price of Apple and indeed Commodore hardware when challenged. While these were expensive, you would be sure in both cases you'd get a complete OS and enter a world where there was plenty of software to meet your needs, whether it be games or productivity or just freeware.

What made the X1000 such a massive rip wasn't just the price, it was its unfinished support and the attitude that you should just suck it down for the greater good, i.e. TEH AMIGA. You could buy some cheap Android device and find out its Chinese ARM fork doesn't run the apps you want, or has a buggy Android install that can't be upgraded, or find out its hardware acceleration won't run Netflix. You lost £30. Not £3000. Or, in this case, £1400.

Will OS4 support the X5000 properly? Doubtful. Will you get anything but an ancient, buggy PPC Linux on it? Not so likely. Would the MorphOS developers, assuming they support it at all, do more than lipservice to the handful of people who would run it on one? Fat chance. Will you get your browser to play YouTube videos? Not with *that* CPU.

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I already did some. Looking for something else, just gimme a shout.

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Actually I completely forgot that the Baker Act was a Florida specific law.


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Amiwest price presumably without software package - $1,350.
Dealer price with software package - $,1600.
You do the math.

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Let's face it, you have no clue what my reasoning is. You getting so upset is more a reflection of whatever is going on in your head than mine. I really don't see what is so hard to understand about $1,350 being a more attractive price than $1,600. Maybe spending $250 on software you don't need is no problem for you, but I don't like wasting money as such.

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I've been spoofing other browsers to play youtube videos for years now, without a problem.
Your "not with *that* cpu" comment is simply wrong.
And as far as "massive rip", you don't have to pay for an A-eon system, they don't seem to be having a problem selling them.
Further, the Linux support seems better than what I am getting from the Linux community for my G5 Powermac.

I have ARM devices, they have, do, and will really suck.

@redrumloa

Personally I'd like it completely free, but it ain't happening.

My vitriol about the Florida legal system?
Just that your political leaders totally suck.

And the price @ AmiWest?
Show special, with only two in stock, direct from the manufacturer.

Prices from Amigakit's US site

Backplate $11.23

Enhancer Plus Edition $67.49

Peronal Paint $16.75

And from Amitec's site.

Amiga Racer €20 = $22.40 at current exchange rate.