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Re: Philosophical question related to AROS vs OS4
« on: February 08, 2010, 04:45:19 PM »
Really fantastic news that AROS is getting good UAE integration. I think I mentioned here two/three (or was it four) years ago, integrated 68k emu will be the killer application for AROS. Once I get some free time again I am going to participate actively in the AROS community.

OS4.1 is nice but expensive. I had a hard time motivating a 600 euro system when I did not use that as my primary workstation. I think what nailed the coffin for me was when I tried out AROS live installation on virtual system and ran AROS with the OS4 skin.

Could I tell the difference between OS4 and AROS? Yes, off course. The difference is huge, AROS is not finished yet. Did it bother me? No, not at all, because a next-gen Amiga will not become a workstation for me. Maybe with x86 AROS can have something such as WINE implemented and we can finally run Photoshop and x86 apps in Workbench environment?

Time for a new bounty? :)
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