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Amiga computer related discussion => General chat about Amiga topics => Topic started by: WhereIsTheParadroid on January 02, 2026, 01:29:08 AM

Title: Switching to an Amiga as a Daily Driver
Post by: WhereIsTheParadroid on January 02, 2026, 01:29:08 AM

Hi everyone,

One day I hope to retire. When that happens, I'll no longer need space hogs like VMWare and Visual Studio, so I'd like to downsize my daily-driver from a fancy laptop to a fancy Amiga. Is that possible? I expect PiStorms to be much faster by then, too. And I'd rather stick with my A600, if possible.

I'll need:

• 1 TB of data
• Word Processing & Spreadsheets using OpenDocument format
• Desk Top publishing for invitations and greeting cards
• Browsing of modern websites.
• MP3/FLAC
• Streaming would be extra nice too.
• Ability to complete PDF Forms
• IMAP/SMTP client
• Image editing, as close to GIMP, maybe ImageFX?

Is this possible now, or likely possible in the future?

Title: Re: Switching to an Amiga as a Daily Driver
Post by: Spektro on January 02, 2026, 02:05:57 AM

Hello,
You could consider an AmigaOS 4 machine, with a real PowerPC hardware or emulated one. Ability to complete PDF forms and a modern web browser is missing, but otherwise it should fill your needs.

Title: Re: Switching to an Amiga as a Daily Driver
Post by: amigakit on January 02, 2026, 11:18:33 AM

Happy New Year


The A600GS and the A1200NG both run AmiBench.  This has a modern web browser that can view YouTube.  It can play videos and MP3 files.  AmiPDF has just been released which is a modern PDF viewer.  We are developing even more applications this year to move it towards being a daily driver.