Hi Pablotinch,
"eyetech and of course the incompetents of Hyperion no offense"
Interesting statement, I think they should take offense to it. Certainly MorphOS is "available" if you wish to purchase it's dongle the Pegasos. I put available in quote because I'm unsure the amount of stocks dealers currently have, I've not seen anything to suggest many are available. If you have a Classic Amiga with a PPC card OS 4 will run on that system, I'd guess it's release date would be very near the AmigaOne release.
to your questions:
1) I've used both at different times over the last year. Since the term better is subjective I'll say they will be different. Both systems should run the same 68k Amiga applications. It's clear that the developement teams have taken different paths toward their end product, which neither team has reached or will for another few years. As such MorphOS has some newer technology then OS 4 and OS 4 has some newer technology then MorphOS. When OS 4 is finally released a more accurate technical comparison can be made.
2) I doubt it, Eyetech has access to LinuxPPC to power it's hardware and with OS 4 and they have no business need for MorphOS that I can see.
3) I'd imagine when OS 4 is actually released it should be close to MorphOS today or a bit ahead, OS 4 already has a native integrated TCP/IP stack for example. Again there will be differences, in terms of user experiance I'd expect OS 4 to be at least as stable as MorphOS is now.
4) I've been waiting till OS 4 comes out before making my decision. I've got lots of things to keep my self busy so I can aford to wait.
5) If you have the cash buy a Pegasos, why not? I know a few people who were quite happy with there BeBoxes
And why do you need to "change" as you mentioned you currently own a PC with linux, you can own more then one computer
I will say either platform, MorphOS or OS 4, will need your money to survive. If you decided to wait before choosing be sure and purchase as much native software as you can. Without your dollars your platform of choice will certainly not survive!
Bill "tekmage" Borsari
