So how is MorphOS?

[takemehomegrandma]

What does it do that OS4 doesn't?

Here are a few pro arguments for MorphOS compared to OS4:

1. Cheaper hardware.
2. Faster hardware.
3. Better OS 3.x compatibility.
4. Better WarpOS, PowerUP and Warp3D compatibility.
5. Faster 68k JIT.
6. Better 3D drivers.
7. Better USB support.
8. Better foreign filesystem support (FAT, ext2, XFS, NTFS...)
8. Free OS upgrades (all MorphOS 2.x updates have been free)
9. Possibility to try-before-you-buy (burn the ISO to a CD, find a Mac mini somewehre, boot the CD and play around. It's 100% free, 30 minutes at a time. If you like it, you can easily locate Mac mini for yourself and buy the keyfile for it)
9. Good resale value of the HW (esp Mac mini)
10. Better OWB (web browser with flash, html5 etc) and MPlayer (very good video player).
11. Better desktop (Ambient vs. Workbench)

[takemehomegrandma]

In short its the most mature, fastest , most compatible "NG" amiga OS around.

That's a description most people would agree to, yes.

(in terms of efficiency, cant compete with aros when aros is running on machines much, much faster obviously)

Efficiency is one thing, speed is a different issue. While you have a point about speed of newish x86, I would say that AROS lacks in so many other areas that *it's not* a realistic alternative to MorphOS.

[takemehomegrandma]

From a realistic point of view, I don't think that Pegasos I, Pegasos II, Efika, eMac or PPC MiniMac are modern hardware.

Sorry. :-)

Maybe "More Powerful hardware" would be a more appropriate term, and probably also what he meant...