MorphOS 3.0 released - PowerBook G4 support and new pricing

[Iggy]

Can't wait to buy this in order to install it on my 12" PowerBook..... What do you mean there is n...... Oh well ...

Nope, no ATI graphics.
Time to look for a 15 or 17".
 
BTW - Great news about 3.0 finally being released.
 
Of course this occurs after my PC decided to throw a BSOD while booting yesterday rendering My Windows XP machine unbootable (and my Vista machine has a bad PSU, and my Win7 system isn't up right now).
 
Thank God I've never had MorphOS crash as throughly as Windows does (and on a regular basis).

[Iggy]

Is the issue of video drivers the only real hurdle? If so, are there any plans to add Radeon-based TiBooks to the compatibility list? I'd certainly be up for giving it a shot on mine.

 
You could ask Piru, but my guess would be no.
There's only so many models they have time to develop support for, and I think their intention was to support just a few really good choices.
 
Athough I doubt we'll get it, personally I'd like to see G5 support.
 
A completely unsupported guess, eventually we might see a move to ARM.

[Iggy]

I'm honestly staggered that more people aren't annoyed that built in wifi in the PB's simply is non existent in 3.0.  I sourced a cheap PB compatible with 3.0, only to find out it's a paperweight.  A laptop without wireless support at OS level is a brick, a doorstop, a paperweight in this day and age.  You don't buy a laptop with childish glee, dreaming about plugging it into a CAT 5 cable.

Just me on this one, lol?  A PCMCIA card isn't an option on a laptop, it just rapes battery life even if it is supported by the OS.

Actually, I posted this thread on MorphZone just before the release of 3.0.

http://www.morphzone.org/modules/newbb_plus/viewtopic.php?topic_id=8496&forum=3

And, yes, it still pisses me off that more effort wasn't put toward this.
I have no interest in a tethered notebook.

[Iggy]

The argument that most people do not move their laptops around is probably correct.  The alienware Laptop I have just ordered is a desktop replacement, and my current laptops spend most of their time on the coffee table.

That is not to say that Me or the wife would be happy with a  CAT5 cable trailing across the living room.

The apparent lack of interest of getting wifi capabilities in the os is really starting to sour things for me.

The only time I use a laptop or other portable device is when I'm on the move (otherwise I use one of my desktops).

[Iggy]

Here's a little article with pics and video of MorphOS 3: What's New in MorphOS 3

Doesn't mention this (which I think is significant):

"SATA

• Fixed SATA cards support on PowerMacs.    
  

SCSI

• Fixed Symbios SCSI cards support on PowerMacs"
  

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[Iggy]

I'm not sure about this myself, but if you run winuae on a 1.5ghz pc...
 
It will not run many very demanding games (like super stardust aga) without stuttering sound and dropping frames. Even a 2ghz pc will not run some games smoothly...
 
This is why I'm a bit hesitant to buy a 1.5ghz g4 mac for morphos.
 
My 3ghz aros box runs any classic amiga game or software just fine.

@ Smerf,
I hate to admit this, but Steven's post is dead on.
If you want to run Amiga games, a real Amiga, WinUAE, or AROS would be a better choice.

[Iggy]

Well, most games work just fine, though. Even super stardust is almost fine on my peg2, so it's not problem on a mac mini. Demanding games like AB3D, breathless & co will be slow, of course. They also required powerful amigas back then.

AND, when I play games under MorphOS I tend to play native games or OpenGL ports.