OS crash on real Amiga, but works fine on WinUAE

[Dandy]

In my case it seems that the problem is the boing updates on the 3.1 system.

Are you sure?
I know of "BoingBags" for AmigaOS 3.5 and 3.9 - but for 3.1?
Never heard of a BoingBag for OS 3.1 ...

Also I am curious....do I really need 3.9 after all, or is enough to have just 3.1 with ClassicWB?

I'd say that depends on what you prefer:
Minimalist Workbench = OS 3.1
WB 3.1 + some 3rd party tools like e.g. AmiDock, some eyecandy like backdrops and so on = OS 3.9

I switched to OS 3.5 and then to OS 3.9 - and never regretted it. I will never go back to OS 3.1 - I prefer the OS 3.9 look & feel...

I know that it is a matter of preferences, but I wonder if it is just a waste of time to use 3.9 (btw I have a 030/50 with 32 mb as expansion card, not even sure if that is enough to run 3.9 decently....it runs fine on my dual 8 core, but that's not fair LOL)

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On a 030/50 OS 3.9 is a bit slow (my old A1.2k has 030/40). On my A4kPPC with 060/50 it really flies...

[Dandy]

Not exactly true. Surely it's not as quick as a stock 3.1 but with the right modification it can be BLAZING fast even on an ECS 030 system as you can see from an old video of my A600 running ClassicWB 3.9 bellow:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXp9c-BapXw

Wow - that's quite fast!
But still slow (responsiveness) compared to my 060/50...