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AmigaOneX5000 Review Posted on 24-May-2017 16:04:37
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Re: AmigaOneX5000 Review Posted on 24-May-2017 16:33:44
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Was a great read. Am saving up my pennies to get a fully configured system when they become available in the UK.
Come on AmigaKit before I spend it on the wife and kid!
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Re: AmigaOneX5000 Review Posted on 24-May-2017 16:57:18
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I will wait for the inevitable cries of "the OS only supports one core" and " the OS doesn't really have memory protection".
Actually, no I won't.
Omitting both things IMO makes the review misleading. Its a fine board for running OS4, I'm sure, assuming it lacks the driver problems in the SAM460.
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Re: AmigaOneX5000 Review Posted on 24-May-2017 17:05:32
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well done! i don't know if such a review will results in any new amigans, but that's how i discovered modern amigas -- a review of the SAM440 over on OSnews. who knows? maybe a couple of other nutters will discover this great hobby thanks to jeremy's review and your efforts!
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Re: AmigaOneX5000 Review Posted on 24-May-2017 17:05:51
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Have often wondered where it is, a small part of me misses it.
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Re: AmigaOneX5000 Review Posted on 24-May-2017 17:25:38
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Me too. I would probably have kept hold of it if it wasn't for the USB/NIC problems. I just hope the current owner is giving it lots of love. :) _________________ Blog |
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Re: AmigaOneX5000 Review Posted on 24-May-2017 17:28:55
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I probably would have kept hold of it too if I hadn't have had a cash flow problem
I am pretty sure whomever has it now is looking after it well. _________________ Live Long and keep Amigaing!
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Re: AmigaOneX5000 Review Posted on 24-May-2017 17:29:14
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Did you read the comments? They pretty much mirrored the daily opinions of many here.... "Too expensive", "Too underpowered", etc.
Point being, judging by the comments not one person was really interested in buying one, so Id be surprised if the review bought in any new users. On the plus side, lots of people seemed to think it was cool, just not something they'd buy. On the downside, a lot of the praise it received was based on the fact it has an inbuilt fpga, which it doesnt, so most of the interest was based on features it doesnt have :)
Bit of a sidebar, but there was quite a bit of inaccurate stuff in the review too. |
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Re: AmigaOneX5000 Review Posted on 24-May-2017 17:33:45
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Well i am happy i upgraded my Sam 460 to the X5000, its a really nice machine to use. I would most definitely advise anyone sitting on the fence to seriously consider going for it.
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Re: AmigaOneX5000 Review Posted on 24-May-2017 17:38:04
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Re: AmigaOneX5000 Review Posted on 24-May-2017 17:43:01
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Re: AmigaOneX5000 Review Posted on 24-May-2017 17:45:39
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trust me this machine is anything but underpowered Yes it wont compare to a current PC but given the type of software that is out there for Amiga OS at this present time, it doesnt need the high specs. Using Odyssey on the X5000 is like using a completely different browser compared to the Sam 460 _________________ Amigaone X5000/20 4GB Radeon RX 550 Polaris 12 AmigaOS4.1 Final Edition Update 1 Amiga 1200 Workbench 3.1.4 Amiga CD32 |
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Re: AmigaOneX5000 Review Posted on 24-May-2017 17:47:53
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My guess remains that they don't need to emulate all FPU instructions with the A1222. The SPE can be used for most instructions, not all.
So some things might slow down a little bit, but the CPU has more raw power then for example, the SAM 440 and 460. |
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Re: AmigaOneX5000 Review Posted on 24-May-2017 17:51:08
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Is there a movie to show us the differance between a X5000 and Sam460ex ?
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Re: AmigaOneX5000 Review Posted on 24-May-2017 17:51:41
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Re: AmigaOneX5000 Review Posted on 24-May-2017 17:51:47
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Dont shoot the messenger. Im just saying what was in the comments :)
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Re: AmigaOneX5000 Review Posted on 24-May-2017 17:56:33
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am sure i can record one on my mobile to upload, but i have noticed a big difference in picture quality and playback
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Re: AmigaOneX5000 Review Posted on 24-May-2017 17:57:53
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According to EntwicklerX in the comment section of the video, since Emotion mainly used fixpoints, it's no a problem (and the app has no SPE optimizations). |
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Re: AmigaOneX5000 Review Posted on 24-May-2017 18:02:42
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yup, i did. i remember seeing the same negative comments in the SAM review as well. but for me that didn't matter. i don't imagine it's going to bring in a bunch of new blood. but you never know, maybe one. or two. it did last time.
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Re: AmigaOneX5000 Review Posted on 24-May-2017 18:06:39
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" Now that everything is in HTML5, these videos (=youtube videos) are playable. Similarly, I was able to use Google Docs with no problems, and I could run the full version of Gmail as long as I set the browser to spoof as Safari for Macintosh."
Sounds very interesting. It sounds like something that I could maybe use as a everyday computer as my demands arent that much for it, basically working browser with support to most important modern stuffs (youtube, google docs, gmail) would already make me go long way.
I might give it a try at some point to try if it would become my everyday usage computer. Its been already too long since I had an Amiga as that. |
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