So how is MorphOS?

[runequester]

mini mac g4s arent super expensive which got me wondering... how is Morph OS?

other than that slick old amiga feeling, what I would use it for is pretty basic, some word processing, basic web browsing, playing some old games (presumably I'd need emulation for 68k amiga stuff right?) and similar. A casual machine to mess around with for fun.

So..sell me on it.. I guess

Whats the cool parts?

Which parts suck ?

What does it do that OS4 doesn't?

[runequester]

Well it's free to try (if you got the HW that is).
It's fast enough to run UAE at full speed without having to tune down emulation-details.
It has the best and most compatible webbrowser of all Amigaoid OSes.
It has Ambient, the most advanced Workbench(replacement) of all Amigaoid OSes.
It has Poseidon the definite benchmark for all things USB in Amiga-land.
3D-support is also unrivaled.
68k WarpOS and PowerUP emus (for older systemfriendly apps) is a winner in speed compability and stability.
MUI4 is every Amigas-Devs wet dream (o.k. I might be a bit over the top with that one ).
Printing is done via TurboPrint, unrivaled in quality if you got a supported printer (something that understands either PCL or PostScript should do the trick).

Plenty more, but it's 6 o'clock right here.

well, that doesn't sound half bad

Time to dig on ebay and craigs list for some hardware then

[runequester]

The main things Im needing are:

Some sort of word processor, PDF creation is a bonus but not required

Web browsing obviously

some sort of chat client, preferably including MSN, AIM and gchat, if possible

MP3 player. Bonus points if it can play .ogg and mod files as well

UAE in some form or fashion

If there's a decent graphics / paint program thats a bonus (and if all else fails, there's Deluxe Paint 4 in UAE I guess)


How does it do with the above?

[runequester]

e-uae is what I use on my linux box so that'll do fine.

I guess I'll have to see about digging up a working copy of Final writer huh

Now.. I've heard different things about morph and 68K apps. For things that boot through workbench, rather than hit hardware directly, will they run natively, or is it still emulation time for those?