It might have been worth waiting for the X1000 to be released as that would have forced the price of the SAM440EP down as people jump ship to the X1000, and also sell their SAM systems to raise money for the X1000.

However, it is still an OS4 system, and I can imagine it will be great to finally be able to try the OS out for real. Did you ditch the Mac Mini idea?

When you get the SAM please post some pictures? I would love to see it up and running.