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Gentoo Forums:: View topic - News: A-EON Amiga X5000 released: in :: Author Message patrix_neo Guru Joined: 08 Jan 2004 Posts: 514 Location: The Maldives Posted: Sun May 28, 2017 5:33 am Post subject: News: A-EON Amiga X5000 released This was unexpected to me. The Specs wrote: Specs at a glance: A-EON Amiga X5000 OS AmigaOS 4.1 CPU Dual-core Freescale CPU up to 2.5GHz RAM Up to 64GB RAM HDD Kingston 2.5-inch, 250GB SSD drive Ports 6 USB ports, 2 Ethernet jacks, serial port for debugging Starting price $1,598 Price as reviewed $1,840 Other perks ATI Radeon R9 270X video card, DVD-Rom drive, full-screen Neuromancer pjp Administrator Joined: 16 Apr 2002 Posts: 17676 Posted: Sun May 28, 2017 1:56 pm Post subject: The Amiga offered something unique at its time. Does this offer anything, other than nostalgia? _________________ The First of April. To the top 3 workbook reshebnik. The day when people critically evaluate information from the internet before accepting it as true.

Patrix_neo Guru Joined: 08 Jan 2004 Posts: 514 Location: The Maldives Posted: Sun May 28, 2017 6:23 pm Post subject: Not really, but an extra CPU, the XENA. The OS and all is truly retro.

In December 2004 the operating eComStation 1.2 was released. Now it is possible to use up to 4 GB of RAM. Now it is possible to use up to 4 GB of RAM. New hardware is better supported and the installer have been updated.

That I think is the whole selling point they try to make. Nothing is astonishing about the specs, but the nostalgia factor is awesome.

And of course, it wont be plagued with intrusion or viruses as much as anything else which is on the market, I suppose. Muso l33t Joined: 22 Oct 2002 Posts: 954 Location: The Holy city of Honolulu Posted: Sun May 28, 2017 6:26 pm Post subject: It's a toy for Gen-X nerds. _________________ Chemtrails don't actually exist.

The optical illusion of seeing white streaks crisscrossing a blue background in the presence of sunlight is a common hallucination that comes from drinking fluoridated water. Watchman Joined: 18 Apr 2009 Posts: 5489 Posted: Sun May 28, 2017 7:54 pm Post subject: With the recent news about the Intel ME remote exploit and AMD PSP running a world-accessible webserver as root (on windows), I could see the value in this just for not being x86/ARM. Still far too expensive for me to care though. Pjp Administrator Joined: 16 Apr 2002 Posts: 17676 Posted: Sun May 28, 2017 9:51 pm Post subject: patrix_neo wrote: Not really, but an extra CPU, the XENA. The OS and all is truly retro.

That I think is the whole selling point they try to make. Nothing is astonishing about the specs, but the nostalgia factor is awesome. And of course, it wont be plagued with intrusion or viruses as much as anything else which is on the market, I suppose. Maybe for half the price. I agree with Ant P. It's a nice idea, but I never owned one.