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out of curiosity I started looking at the x1000, found a page where you can buy one:

http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/catalog/product_info.php...

$2,800 for pretty low spec hardware. Surely it only appeals to people who have fond memories of their Amiga 500? I knew two people who owned them when I was younger, always jealous! but that seems like an insane amount of money to spend on something that is seriously dated. What am I missing?

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Nothing much, just the logo and name rights basically.

You can essentially get the same experience with AROS on an x86 machine (http://vmwaros.blogspot.com.au/) Or if you feel as though you want the PPC Amiga experience, you could get a G4 Mac Mini and install MorphOS (or AmigaOS4 illegally, but I cannot legally condone that). But, if you really want AmigaOS 4, then you can buy a slightly cheaper PPC system from Acube (https://acube-systemsbiz.serversicuro.it/shop/).

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