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@wawrzon

if you are going to sell a truly genuine machine of sentimental value

What makes you sentimental?
the things you can do on it?
How you use it?
Or the smell of old dust inside the computer?

to get a computer that runs the same software under emulation.

AmigaOS4 Software is not running under emulation, if you like new programs and the OS, more then you like old Amiga500 games.

If getting on the Internet is important to you then AmigaOS4 on new PowerPC computer is way better to use then AmigaOS3 whit old browser.

plus can run some Linux ports, then considering all aspects you might be better off with a pc.

No one is forced you to run Linux ports, there are other programs to use as well, that do not come from Linux. The problem whit AmigaOS3 software is that its old.

Take Dpaint or Ppaint, this are arguably the best paint programs for AmigaOS, but they do not support 32bit and does not support a lot features not compared to modern paint programs.

People need software and it has to come from some where, if a AmigaOS3 program that has been updated, or if its a Linux program that has rewritten to run on AmigaOS4, or AmigaOS3 make little difference to the user.

Its a bit like companing that you can run DukeNuke'em 3D or DOOM on Classic Amiga. Originally this where PC games or MSDOS, you don't go telling people to run MSDOS instead of AmigaOS, because the games comes from MSDOS.

Most of the Amiga games where ported to AmigaOS, even in 1980's and 1990's. Many games came from C64, some came from MSDOS, some came from Atari.

[LiveForIt]

I agree with you persia...I thought 4.x is not backward compatible at all and that it relies on UAE just AROS does. Am I confused?

You should be confused because there are more then one way to run 680x0 program on AmigaOS4.1

http://www.amiga.hu/amigos/rachy/petunia.html

AmigaOS4.1 features some comparability whit legacy.
1St is Petunia, its integrated JIT compiler that translates 680x0 opcodes into PowerPC opcodes, Petunia does not emulate hardware all it does is enable system friendly programs to run in AmigaOS4.1.

Here is database of what software that works and what not.

http://www.intuitionbase.com/ossoftware.php

Petunia is nice if you have library that is not AmigaOS4.1 native or some program that no one has the source code too, if the program work and is system friendly it will run many times faster whit petunia then EUAE, EUAE is bloat need a lot of CPU power, plus any program running under AmigaOS4.1 has has full access to native PowerPC libraries and other system resources, and PowerPC native programs can also use 680x0 libraries and devices.

2en method program can be run is new trow a program called RunInUAE, like name hints when the "RunInUAE" program is running any 680x0 program you start will be started in E-UAE instead. if "RunInUAE" is not started it will handled by Petunia.

You don't need RunInUAE, you can setup your own custom EUAE if you like.

So to summarize:

1st emulation type, enables any old programs to run as any other program, as first class citizen in the city of AmigaOS4.1.

2en emulation type, is useful when 1st emulation type does not hold, when a program or game depends on the hardware, maybe its boot sector type of game, or some thing.

[LiveForIt]

Canadian it is 3.3k

If you wonder if its worth it or not you should spend some time investigating what ever information you can.

Or maybe you should try a sam440 they are the lest expensive AmigaOS4.1 computer you can get, If you don't like you just sell it, for the same price.

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OK....guys....I am doing it. I am following through and attempting to order the SAM440 667 Mhz with 512 MB of RAM from the retail store. I am asking questions about price difference between a complete system or just the motherboard and getting the stuff part by part. I want to see how it works out for me.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam440ep

Just get a complete system, less hazel.

[LiveForIt]

I think that comparison makes no sense because Amiga hobbies are not expensive. You can make it expensive, i.e. destroy fully expanded Amiga 4000 every second month and go shopping for another.

Well whit most active topic on Amiga.org for days is about who to go Linux, I don't see the problem here, it this not a Amiga/AmigaOS site?

Yes there more program application on Linux and windows and MacOS, as for MorphOS and AROS, they are different, people try them out if they like to..

I don't get way you think you have the right tell people what they should think or do, it looks so horribly despert to tell you what I think..

And as for X1000 cpu power, yes it does come handy when playing 720p or even 1080p video whit hardware accelerated video, and it also make the user experience better.

Oh yes you can do the same on Linux, Windows or MacOS, what ever but if you like AmigaOS, way not. If you don't, then don't buy it, its that simple.