what is going to be the diference between os4 and MorphOS

[Kronos]

@Hattig
RoadShow is still 68k (AFAIK), and most importanly it is still
just as unreleleased as as AmiTCP-PPC for MOS.

Lets wait and see who will actually release a working TCP/IP 1st.


Rave3D is a bit more advanced than the current Warp3D, and both
teams have demoed 3D-drivers for Radeon7xxx.

"Jungl" is allready been worked on, while W3D-Nova is still a
stack of empty papers (or what does the term "white paper" mean ?)
-P

MOS allready has an intregrated and fully native RTG-systems, while
OS4 will keep the "patch in" aproach for P96 for the time being.
(this means it will bje limited to the old pen-based system).
And P96 still isn't native.

[Kronos]

@Karlos

Don't shoot me for sugarcoating what Hyperion themself said
about W3D-Nova. It is still in the design-phase, they did
use the term "white paper" (and how did you expect me to
resist to such an oppotunity  :-D ), and they also stated
that it will be implemented after OS4 is released. Maybe
something has changed an the meanwhile, but then they must
have been an awfull lot quiet bout it, something that is
rather hard to believe...

@xeron
Truecolor-Images were never a Problem since OS3.0 (and since
HW capable of it was available), but those can only used with
the limited functions in CGX/P96, which all are either based on
manipulating 1 pixel or an rectangle area. Try to draw a circle
with that, or have really colorfull GUIs (ain't talking bout
skinning here).

@mikeymike
Featurelist are rather pointless as they can allways be changed,
and since they don't answer the most important question, when
will a feature be implemented. We allready had a lot of
"we have Radeon,JIT, Snap ....." lots of those were just being
licenced/started on at the time the were 1st listed under "we have ....".

@MAD
The fact that OS4 is constanly delayed, while MOS is avaiable
is a major factor, and therefore should go into every fair
comparison. Much much fairer then the constant attempts to
compare "the MOS I saw last year" with "the OS4 thats gonna
be bug-free" one sees from time to time.

/me empties a sack of ash over his head due to RoadShow  :-P

[Kronos]

@Karlos

Problem is that is not what I said ....

I said :

"Jungl" is allready been worked on, while W3D-Nova is still a
stack of empty papers (or what does the term "white paper" mean ?)
-P

Note that Jungl is NOT Rave3D but the full OpenGL-port that Neko
has been working on for a while (and still isn't released).

This GL-port is gonna be the counterpart for Nova, which will
be implemented after OS4 is released .....

[Kronos]

@Framiga

Huh ?
So Eyetech didn't use the people who bought an A1-SE with
crippled NB as betatesters ? They didn't use all those
suffering under unfinished linux-support and firmware as
such ?

And what about that developer-pre-release that is nothing more
than a-beta-that-can't-be-called-beta ?

Genesi atleast had the decancy to exchange those misfunctioning
mobos with fixed ones.

Also everybody knew what stage MOS was when the bought into it,
while I don't think a majority of A1-owners knew the real state
of OS4 at the time they bought the board.

And don't expect OS4 to be trouble-free once it is really
released ....