Why AmigaOS 4.0 is going to be successful…

[Tomas]

I suspect that most such people simply hate "computers". To them, hating Windows and hating their computer is the same thing; they haven't gone out and tried any alternatives (and if they had, then presumably they didn't like them if they're still using Windows).

What real alternatives are there? I can only see one alternative, which is linux/bsd, which still is not mature enough for the average person to use as a desktop OS.

There is BeOS and QNX though, but none of them has enough software or even hardware support.

And macs being expensive as hel*, and also lacks software/games *sigh*  :-(

Microsoft has destroyed any chance of a alternative... Users want software/games, software developers wants users... and endless bad circle here.......

[Tomas]

ou do not use a OS that you do not like, simple as that

That is totally bullsh*t... I am forced to use Winbloat due to my video editing/dvb-sat ripping needs... If it wasnt for that, i would have no problem removing windows from dual boot and start using linux for fulltime.

[Tomas]

The operating system is primitive and most likely relatively unstable

AmigaOS primitive? The first multimedia OS with decent multitasking? sure it is a bit outdated, but that is what hyperion is doing now, making it modern.... All my amiga systems has been way more stable than any wintel pcs i have touched... Sure, it crashes if you run a buggy program, but atleast the OS itself is rock solid as long as you run good programs. Thogh this will be fixed when memory protection will be added...

[Tomas]

Maybe people would take the Amiga Platform more seriously if the members of the Amiga Community would stop flaming each other and use that same energy developing some serious programs.

Agree on that!

[Tomas]

The day of the PPC is over, by about 3 years, only chance for Amiga to survive is OS crossover to another platform.

I think the plan is exactly to move on.. But it cant be done right away, it takes a whole lot of time to port, and also what software would you have on x86? All software would have to be ported too :\

But yeah, i kinda agree... ppc seems to be a dying platform.. Looks a little better now though, after that G5 cpu was released.

[Tomas]

The reality of the truth here is my Windows XP box hasn't crashed or blue screened in two years..

Mine has.... The most funny thing was that i installed XP on my laptop a few months ago, first crash was right after bootup :O Though i have not installed any 3th party software and also used only m$ certified drivers.

But i do agree, winNT, 2k/xp is far from as unstable as the previous systems"win9x/me" and such.. Both 2k and winxp is unbearable slow though, even on a modern system it is not very responsive.