@warpiper
You are 100 per cent correct in your view of the current market. I'm glad you will be coming to the meeting and seeing the demos. You can judge for yourself, its unfair because there is no OS4 for A1 and wont be for a few months... You Will be able to see MorphOS and test it for yourself. I think it will feel like an Amiga os" to you and should be blown away by the speed. Linux will be running on the A1 with UAE running WB 3.1 which is fun. I will also be demonstrating Mac On Linux with Mac OS 9.1 running on the Pegasos (Try doing that on a PC mb)
That is the advantage of PPC over x86.
Being an A+ tech and working on pcs and macs as well as Amigas, I can tell you that I will avoid having a pc if at all possible. The architecture is dogshit.. luckily chip technology is at a space-age height so the old 1970s x86 bullshit works at a reasonable speed... God forbid its your first computer - then you have to deal with Spyware, M$ antics, IE, Outlook, registering for everything.. etc.. Oh, and better have a DSL connection or better to internet so you can download upgrades/and or /patches so your machine can run...
Wait, something is wrong with your pc? What? Your warranty is up.. well go ahead and give us a call at Dell/Gateway/Compaq/whoever else selling that crap... sure we'll be glad to help for $200 or $25 to just get our tech support operator! What? you only paid $600 for your PC. welll mR. X you may as well buy another one.. and so on.
magnetic
:-o
