Pegasos (MOS) Advantage over AmigaOne (OS4)

[Karlos]

CodeSmith wrote:
/me puts on the hardhat and heads off to the bomb shelter...

Room in there for one more? :-D

[Acill]

Wow I knew I would get some flame, but sheesh!! I didnt start the thread to tell everyone "hey I love MOS!!"I did it the way I did to first put out why I was asking the question, "DO YOU THINK MOS BEING OUT NOW WILL EFFECT THE DEVELOPERS MOVING TO AOS" Which wasnt even looked at. I love the Amiga, I use it all the time and I could care less of those of you stating you dont care about my history with the amiga. I think Amiga Inc is doing itself a serious dis-service by not putting out Beta releases to show off like MOS has done.

For those that like my system, thanks. I have put a lot of money and time into it over the MANY years I have used it. I still plan to wait as stated. It would be stupid to go get a system now before both are out. I just hope both come out soon.

Does anyone know if Amiga Inc. will sell CSPPC cards or something to help get people on the OS4 train? I just wonder why they would release it first if that wasnt a plan.

[DaveP]

If you think all you did is ask that question, ( which was actually buried at the last line of an opinion piece ) then you should read your post again.

If you think that people disagreeing with you or pointing out where - in future - you should provide more substance in order to make such unusual assertions, is flaming you are quite thin skinned.

[Acill]

True, to that last post. But hey we are all waiting and getting sick of the "its about here" crapAmigaIncis giving,and the lack of any information at all hurts. I would still say, even after my post I would end of getting an AMIGA and not a Pegasos system, but it is nice looking at a product for sale now.

[DaveP]

Yep. Its been a long old wait.

[Damion]

-yet another edit-

Not having the easiest time posting this eve :-)

[realstar]

Well, I can't speak for others but I have personally purchased a
Pegasos and am very happy with it.  MorphOS 1.4 is very stable
at this point (compared to classic Amiga OS) and has many new features
in addition to the incredible speed advantage of running all your PPC
and 68K software on modern hardware.

The most important part about the Pegasos is the great developer
community and support offered by Genesi too.  It's great to work
in a constructive atmosphere where progress is being made. If you need
more information about the Pegasos platform I suggest visiting
http://www.morphzone.org (see gallery) and http://www.pegasosppc.com
and http://www.morphos.net

[Acill]

I've been curious. How does one boot 68k Amiga software on a MOS system? Do you need to boot into an emulated system, or do you just install it and click like on a real amiga? I'd like some insight if you would give it.

[Kronos]

@Acill

Modern SW that runs from WB and doesn't hit the HW directly should just
run, while you would need UAE for any old game that bypassed the OS.

[WarPiper]

I like the fact that MOS is out now and is getting all the kinks out now, as far as developers go, well I have yet to see a list of upcomming office/productivity software for either one, or a list of developers in general (maybe I am not looking hard enough), but any how, I will not pass a decision on how I feel about either system MOS or OS4 untill they both have been out for their respective PPC motherboards for at least 6 months (both systems must be out to compare, and to compare their software markets also).

[Calen]

Lets compare the PS3 to the X-box2 while where at it here, its a winner, i'm  going with the PS3.  why?   i listen to people views on which one is better over the other as they must have used both to have such a view so there opinion matters ;-)

Anyways, silly thread. it will make for an interesting one though in 6 months time when both are out and matured alittle.  until then and if you can't make your mind up,  stick with 3.9 and wait for the update, ahmm  :-D  

[Lando]

realstar wrote:
Well, I can't speak for others but I have personally purchased a
Pegasos and am very happy with it.  MorphOS 1.4 is very stable
at this point (compared to classic Amiga OS) and has many new features
in addition to the incredible speed advantage of running all your PPC
and 68K software on modern hardware.

The most important part about the Pegasos is the great developer
community and support offered by Genesi too.  It's great to work
in a constructive atmosphere where progress is being made.

I agree with all of that.  I just got another A4000 for nostalgic reasons.  Maybe I'll get a PPC and put OS4 on it  when my $50 coupon arrives, but my main machine will be the Pegasos.  

Going back to AmigaOS now after having used MorphOS feels like going back in time 10 years.  It just feels old, and, as fast as AmigaOS is, MorphOS is infinitely faster.  The new integrated Turboprint, the 32-bit png icons with transparency, the modern skinnable gui, the transparent powerup/warpup compatibility... it just feels and looks like something designed in the 21st century, whereas AmigaOS still looks like a relic, even in the latest screenshots.

It also seems that Genesi have a coherent vision of where they're going with Pegasos, and the enthusiasm and determination to make it happen, as opposed to Amiga Inc's complete lack of direction or strategy (or money).

[itix]

I've been curious. How does one boot 68k Amiga software on a MOS system? Do you need to boot into an emulated system, or do you just install it and click like on a real amiga? I'd like some insight if you would give it.

68k Amiga software runs on MorphOS like charm. On BPPC/CSPPC systems user could replace AmigaOS by MorphOS (but unfortunately decent BPPC/CSPPC versions are not public, grrr).

Old demos or games wont run though, but I'm writing this from IBrowse 2.3... running on MorphOS :-D

[jeffimix]

What's better, Game Boy Advance SP, or the Playstation Portable (IIRC that's t3h name).

[amigamad]

I like the fact that MOS is out now and is getting all the kinks out now

Thing is there are no boards for sale at the moment so your waiting either way.As an amigaone owner i will soon let everyone know how good or bad os4 is whenever i get it. :-)

[DanDude]

Better things come in the end than at the start.  This is a proven theory.

You might be surprised to see what OS4 will offer.  But, if I tell ya, I would divide you in parts and send it to Microsoft HQ.   :-D   j/k!