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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Software Issues and Discussion => Topic started by: nasty on December 27, 2007, 07:55:13 PM
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I was putting in an order for some amiga bits from Amigakit. And was drawn to OS4.0 and I thought well I've got the cash burning a hole in my pocket so why not get it! But then I thought we'll I mostly use the Amiga for gaming (Nightlong, Myst, Payback,Q2 etc etc) aswell as playing the classic game's like Turrican, The Dizzy series etc and because most of my games are WHDLoad installs, I thought I'd check out if WHDLoad would run on OS4 And then I found my answer which is no!
So my question is what uses is there to OS4?
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For user like you: probably none
OS4 ist for those that are mad enought to use the Amiga as everyday computer today: surfing the web, listening to MP3 viewing videos, writing mails, chatting, manipulating pictures......
Or just to show the world that something that should not be possible could still be done :-D
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If you're into gaming, I don't think OS4 is for you, not at this time. It has alot of nice features, many of which I wish were present during 3.9.. however, it lags behind a bit on the gaming front, mainly due to (I think) Warp3D and WarpUp.
Even so, alot of games works under software emulation, but fast games often need a bit more CPU than what the classics can offer to do proper emulation at this time.
I don't know, this may change in the future, or the game developers may release patches to their games.. but for now, for a gamer.. I'd say stick with 3.x. Go to a friend and see 4.0 in action before you decide.
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What hardware do you have? Amiga Classic with PPC? Either OS3.x or MorphOS would be much, much better for gaming.
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@nasty
Development
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If we're honest the box makes a good doorstop... however if things move forward then it might make a hobby platform (esp. if it gets ported to something like the PS3....
Other than that I can't see it making any headway.. it's 7 years too late at least... mind you, look at Ubuntu, with some willpower and capital anything is possible.
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@ skyraker
"a good doorstep".. what, do you want to make people pissed off? It's very, very good when it comes to developing software, as it's very rigid and it makes it known once you've made an error. It has excellent debugging facilities and for once there's an established API, no more "this trick works, great, let's use it even though it's not in the documented features" which leads to a solid and stable OS.
Something which enforces rules, and teaches you good coding practices, you call a door step? I won't deny it has its shortcomings, such as compatibility. However if you want one, you can't have the other, not if you want to do it in a clean way.
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@Skyraker
I agree it would be great to have OS 4.0 on PS3. One of the Amiga creators (RJ) even works for Sony in that division. As far as good doorstops go I think X-Box already fills that niche well.
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