SlimJim's Not-so-short First-Impressions Review of AmigaOS4(Pre)

[Rogue]

i hope i don't get this wrong - as i said i just watched for the 1st time OS4 yesterday - but i believe i was told that if you "delete" the default (remove having a default), the multiboot screen comes up with your available OS's numbered. simply press the number ("1", "2", etc) listed next to the OS, and Voila!
I have also been told that eventually a nice GUI will exist for this. probably like the linux grub or lilo versions.

The multibooting is a recent addition to the second level boot loader that hasn't made it to the prerelease CD.

SLB can now boot Linux from a plain ext2 partition as well as booting AmigaOS. You are presented with a (timeout-ed) menu offering to boot the default choice (that can even be Linux, although... well :-) ) or select a different one with the cursor or number keys.

[Rogue]

anyway, after the install, they connected to the internet and using the IBrowse demo came to Amiga org first  seemed nice and fast - of course!

Of course :-) Honestly, though, a beta tester might already have had the PPC native MUI. That already makes a difference, even if the using program is still 68k.

the box that this amigaOne is in can detect the tempurature in the tower. it was 29 to 30 Celsius. (84.20°F - 86.00°F)

Was that using the thermal element of the CPU? I hear these things are rather shaky