OS4 on the pegasos

[Holley]

I'd be interested to know the details of the differences, and what real affect they have.  I can understand a good system based around a slow CPU can outsrip a bad system with a fast one, mostly due to bottlenecks in caching/memory access - though their tests may have included a cost factor (?).

[Holley]

It's not the companies that are doing the arguing, it's the people that have an opinion - nobodies actually said anything useful that explains the technical difficulties of porting it over (probably quite easy really) or what the differences in the hardware actually are.

I want a 'next generation' Amiga, the way Workbench works fits the way I think.  I want good hardware, but I don't really care as long as I don't run out of {bleep}ing chip ram!  I also don't mind paying for good hardware, in the time I've had one A3000 I've gone through 6 PCs and re-installed Windows many many times, and the A3000 is still quick to load and reliable - thats worth more than money as it's saving my time, the A3000 is soon to get it's first re-install in the last 5 years.

Now can anybody tell me facts or physical examples that are actually on topic?  I would like to know, and not read more piles of steaming brown personal opinion.

[Holley]

ummm, who cares?  Spyware is part of going on the internet these days, even classic Amigas get tracking cookies.

Incidentally I think Spybot is one of the best Windows utils I've ever used ;-)

Now what exactly are the important hardware differences between the A1 and Pegasos?

[Holley]

THANKYOU!  Thats exactly what I wanted to know.  The further I dig the more appealing a Peg looks, especially as the only downside (AGP) is something I'm not fussed about.  Am I right to think that neither will take a 4x or 8x card?

AGP may be academic in a couple of years anyway, with PCI Express on it's way ...

[Holley]

Mmmm, so careful choice is needed.  Lots of the Peg guys are running Radeon 9200s, but are waiting for proper 3D & TV out support (neither of which I'm fussed about :-)).  Lots of the XE guys seem to have Radeon 7000s, but that might be because they bought them a while back ... (?)

[Holley]

Thats true, and with the current trend in software being 'bigger is better' I dare say it won't be long until hugely powerful 64bit processors are /needed/.  Hopefully something Amigaish and G4 based will last for a good while yet.