Pegasos - MorphOs Review on Osnews.com

[Kees]

Osnews.com did a review of the Pegasos running MorphOS1.3

"So, the hardware is slick, but what is the hardware without the actual software, right? Currently, with the Pegasos platform you will find two operating systems included and further supported: MorphOS 1.3 and a port of Debian GNU/Linux 3.x. "

In my opinion the Pegasos gets a good review, wich i cannot say about MorphOs.

Check out the review here ...

[elendil]

Quite interesting to see how the outside world perceives morphos, as I am sure it resembles amigaOS close enough for people to think just about the same.

Personally I would hope morphos would listen to, but not be persuaded by, these outside world people. Brr, it could get ugly.
Although at some point I suppose we would have to do like various linux distributions, if we want a market share; make it all more or less resemble windows.

Sincerely,

-Kenneth Straarup.

[Warface]

The only mistake she made that she presumed there is memory protection inside the A\Box. A strict memory protection implementation would block 98% of Amiga programs to run, yet she expected it.

That is just natural for an outsider (and is still a common misconception, many believes that MOS/OS4 will have memory protection, which is true, but not the way these users expect it). I think sooner or later there will be memory protection solutions in MOS, without damaging compatibility, but it's a real hard issue.

[Kees]

if we want a market share; make it all more or less resemble windows.

Make it compatible with windows ... somehow :-)

[catohagen]

good review, i like it very much :-D

roll on OS4, and lets show the world what a real
geek OS can do :-D :-D

[zacman]

>roll on OS4, and lets show the world what a real
>geek OS can do

Well according to the Friedens OS4 will be out this
summer (CybPPC version). Dunno, if Hyoerion will
sent osnews.com a CybPPC based machine or
wants to wait until the AmigaOne version is ready
but I guess (if they send a board) there will also be a
review about OS4 then.

[Kees]

I'm was surprised to read that Genesi send OSnews.com a pegasos just to review.

I mean ... I don't think Osnews.com is getting that much readers to justify a "gift" like that. I could be wrong about the visitor numbers they get, but looking at the commentnumbers .. it can't be that much.

If i was Genesi, i would send one to slashdot.org ... more possible buyers/developers there ...

[System]

If i was Genesi, i would send one to slashdot.org ... more possible buyers/developers there ...

I thought that also.  Get the hardware/os reviewed by someone with indepth IT knowledge, not some hobbyist.

[zacman]

>i was Genesi, i would send one to slashdot.org

One step after another.

[Kees]

This first step was a step back .. IMO

[Madgun68]

I thought it was a decent enough review for someone who appears to be quite outside the community.

As far as applications go, I think there are going to be people who are somewhat suprised at the results they get when trying to run software. I'm sure there will be misconceptions such as exactly how system friendly an application really is or needs to be to run correctly. (Simply being RTG isn't enough.)

For the time being, I think that both MOS and (when released) AOS will be where they should be, which is fitting the needs of this community. To go beyond is going to take more time.

[zacman]

>This first step was a step back .. IMO

If only one new developer gets in contact with
Genesi, then it was a step forward. I quite confident
that this will be the case (as it was at almost every
other fair Genesi attended or other news
Pegasos/MorphOS had been mentioned).

[bbrv]

Hi!

zacman is right...one step at a time.  :-)

elendil, please read the Comments after the article too.  We agree with Eugenia on many points.

nOMAAM, we think the coverage was balanced and while Eugenia is not someone who has been in this Community for years like most of the Pegasos I owners, it was still VERY positive for the Pegasos and Genesi.  The title of the coverage is  "Pegasos: A New Interesting & Sexy Platform."  Our market is *exactly* as Eugenia has suggested:  "(the) Pegasos is the geek's ultimate platform and geeks like cool stuff."   Not bad!    :-)

This is the beginning of the next phase of our marketing.  We are targeting a MUCH broader market.  Please do not miss the point HERE!

:-D

Have a great day!

Sincerely,

Raquel and Bill  :-)
Genesi

P.S. And, remember the "M" in MorphOS is for Mobility...;-)  We still have some work to do!

[Warface]

This first step was a step back .. IMO

No, this was a test. A test to see, what an outsider's opinion. Now they know, what needs to be changed in order to make outsiders like it more.

When some changes have been made I'd do (If I were for them) another test, until the result is overly positive in all areas, then push forward to a wider audience.

[redrumloa]

Pretty fair review I'd say. I don't agree 100% with a few comments but overall fair:-)