Quick Gary Hare IRC report, no more 3rd party AmigaOS after OS4.0.

[rich]

They should have developed OS 4.0 for x86 systems, all else, in my view, is a waste of time. Since the A1 boards have no custom chips, or Amiga specific parts anyway, why not provide the ease and coolness of the workbench, to a population that makes up probably 95% of the computer users worldwide, via x86 platform? I just don't get it, especially after how well amithlon was going, UAE emulation etc....

As far as buying an A1, why would you? You can buy any micro mobo and run amithlon or windows with amiga forever or something and get a whole setup for way cheaper. I could see if A1 was revolutionary....but it isn't.

Just my 2 cents, and yes, I own an Amiga.

[rich]

I totally agree with you about being pissed, about what Amiga Inc's priority seems to be, they and a lot of us, are holding on to something that was ground breaking 20 years ago...who cares about an exact re-invention of the Amiga 500 now, or OS 3.9...4.0???  It is cool, damn me for loving it, but I do....BUT IT IS OLD...If I want old, I will EMULATE OLD, my son was playing Wings last night, you can pretty much emulate it exactly now, without any problems on a mid range PC......I ( THE GROWN UP GUY ) want a MODERN windows alternative with an IE 7.0 type browser, with plug-ins that play my freakin videos, post pictures correctly etc, that's all.... Hey I am a patient man, I still use my Voodoo 5500 card, for crying out loud!

AMIGA INC....spend all of your money developing a KICK-ASS WEB BROWSER, instead of re-hashing old OS traits, If I could boot my X86 system from your OS, get on the internet without problems, and surf without an OS 2.0 looking browser, I would be a happy man.

The patience of all you guys who still have all of your original Amiga systems all cobbled up to as modern as you can get......is truly admirable, after all of the crap this brand has been through!!! I for one, wont get fooled again...no 3rd party boards, alternate amiga-like OSes etc, will I be purchasing, only to be left hanging in the wind........when Amiga Inc releases a live boot X86 system CD with browser, I will buy back in.

It cost me nothing to wait, it cost Amiga Inc customers every single day, who are tired of waiting! :-)