AOS4 & Amigaone

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a pegasos can only run MorphOS - and some linux distros (mine doesn't, but I have a Pre-April peg)

Carl Sassenrath was owed money years ago and so are a bunch of others more recently. Altho the details are quite complex. Someday the book will be written.  :lol:

while I personally don't trust most companies, like you I am impressed with amiga developers who write the software. I've seen OS4 continue to grow and improve daily. if it's possible, try to see one in action at a user meeting.

i'd love to get an amigaOne or Micro or whatever is being made, but i just don't have the money. anyway, it's very difficult for people in the US to get these. here or on amigaworld.net you may be able to find people near you to see one in action.

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HammerD wrote:
@Tigger

Your facts surrounding the flaws of the A1 are out-dated.  Sure, there were problems and there _are_ problems with some of the earlier AmigaONE XE and SE's.  But since a year now when the MicroA1 "C" version of the AmigaONE started shipping, there are no hardware problems that prevent the advertised operation of the board.

exactly. I really think people have to see an Micro in action. OS4 has been improved and seems to me about 95% done. Programs like DVPlayer was great in beta and just gets better now that it's available.

it's exciting to see how things improve and move forward. and that excitment is what pulled me into the amiga years and years ago!

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I can buy one too, but it wouldn't run AmigaOS 4

see, that's the main thing some people forget. why would anyone want an amigaone/micro or for that matter a peg?

so they can run amiga programs.

do i state the obvious?

well, Duh!

this is all about being able to play with a fun OS. I've looked over some of the recent posts here and it's all a description of people buying what they wanted and HAVING FUN with it!
the boring debate about price and HW is basically irrelevant. certainly people can debate tech issues all they want. that's "fun" for some people. but for others, just HAVING a toy to play with is exactly the point.

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wonea wrote:
AmigaOS4 is the official way which I like, looks interesting.

I'm not sure what this "official" thing really means. I've had my hands on MorphOS, OS4, WinUAE and AROS. they ALL "Feel" like amiga. They each have certain things that are different, but as an Amiga user since about the mid/late-80's I'd have to say I know an Amiga when I touch it.

AmigaONE is ridicously expensive, new boards will be out when AOS4 arrives if ever?  Been waiting for over a year!

it's only expensive if you don't want to pay that price. If I had the money I'd get a Micro because that motherboard fixed a few problems that the previous boards had, Plus it's smaller (for me, that's a plus). And USB does work on an amigaone, altho it depends on the device. believe me, I'm the one at all the meeting I go to who is BE-tching about this!

I think this idea that "new boards will be out when AOS4 arrives" is incorrect. I've never heard that the HW is waiting on the software. In fact from what I've seen the continuing development of HW is not connected to the software at all. I mean, the beta testers for OS4 continue to make improvements on a daily basis. Which is why the OS is basically "done" at this point. I wouldn't be waiting for anything if you wanted a Micro. The only issue seems to be finding a board from a dealer. dealers have to order a certain number at a time (prepayed). and they have to order the exact same number of OS4 copies. It's a bit clumsy, but that's the way it is. It's not like anyone asked MY opinion on how to do this. :roll:

AROS has a great philosophy, but highly doubt it will be finished for a couple of years

As I said, I've played around with AROS and it has alot of potential. You can't actually DO anything ATM, really. But I like seeing it develop. It rather exciting.

as far as I'm concerned anything that keeps amiga moving along is a good thing. this way we don't have all our eggs in one basket. there will always be amiga in some form around. to which I say, Yippie!