Whatever Happened To The Real Amiga Community.

[amigadave]

I've been losing interest in Amiga.org for months. Too many topics that either don't seem to be about Amigas at all, or threads with silly polls seem to get way more attention and replies than any constructive Amiga threads. The reason myself and a lot of other people I talk to in private don't want to post here is because it just seems pointless when our hard work or enthusiasm for new development is met with negativity and ignorance.

I think your brother's friends are right about this forum.

I must be losing interest in this site too, because I completely missed this thread and also missed the other thread about the new Video editing software for the Amiga.  I'll have to go find that one and see what it is about.

There was a time when I doubt I missed any threads on this site, because I would visit here so many times a day, it was very unlikely that any thread could slip off the main page before I would see and read it.  I read every thread and almost every post made on this site for many years, but not any more.

I have to agree with Cammy that the content here does not seem to be what it used to be and the negativity has increased to a point that it has me looking elsewhere to get Amiga information and help.  The one thing I always thought Amiga.org had over other sites was the help provided here.

I am not saying that I am leaving here, it has been my Amiga home for many years.  But it does not measure up to what it used to be.  It may just be a sign of the times, or the changing of all internet sites that I am noticing, who knows?

[amigadave]

I think people spend too much time arguing whether the Amiga is dead or not. IMHO if people still enjoy using it then that is justification enough for the Amiga community to continue. We should be working on improving the Amiga experience rather than reiterating tired debate.

The debate is truly stupid and useless.  It only serves to lessen the value of this place.

Either use an Amiga for what ever purpose you think it is useful for, or don't.

Either work toward adding something to make the experience of using an Amiga more fun, interesting, or useful, or don't.

Hang around Amiga forum sites like this because you are interested in what is happening and want to know about the little Amiga news, or discuss related topics with other people interested in the Amiga, or don't.

What I don't understand, and what has become very tiresome, is reading the repetitive negative comments from people that continually try to convince the people that are still interested in using an Amiga for what ever reason, that they are wasting their time. (not related directly to the last several comments in this thread, just general comment about content here).

[amigadave]

In the next revision of MorphOS (probably 2. we should see support for Powerbooks. 'Amiga' laptops anyone? Tablets? That can't be too far off either.
For a 'dead' computer, the market seems pretty lively.

The "Wolf"man will probably be along to point out to you that he does not think that PowerBook support will be included in MorphOS until a version "After" v2.8, due to some comments by some of the MorphOS Dev. Team members.

What ever version PowerBook support does come to MorphOS, be it 2.8, 2.9, or later, it will be a great day for Amiga users that are still clinging to the PPC architecture (like me, sort of, I have had AmigaOS3.x running on a laptop since around AmigaForever v2, on my very first x86 computer at home, an off-brand 400MHz Celeron laptop which I later upgraded to a 533MHz Celeron (as far as it could go)).

I am very much looking forward to running MorphOS2.8, or 2.9, or a later version if it needs to wait longer to get it right, on my 1.67GHz G4 17-inch widescreen PowerBook that I bought on eBay a few months ago in MINT condition, with a 2 year warranty.  Having MorphOS on a great laptop like the PowerBook, where at 1.67GHz it is really going to fly, is going to be a fantastic step forward, and will get me using MorphOS much more than I do now, since I am unable to sit at a desk in a chair for more than a few minutes at a time, due to my back condition.

As for your prediction of an Amiga tablet being possible not too far off, unless it is an x86 table running UAE, I am not aware of any PPC tablets that would be candidates for AmigaOS4.x, or MorphOS2.x.