Hyperion/A-EON introduce us to the AmigaOne X1000. A new beginning?

[gdanko]

Not to be devil's advocate or anything but with the announcement that MorphOS will now support the G5 systems, will this machine be worth the money?

[gdanko]

Good question, indeed.

To illustrate the point: I could get 4 (including MorphOS licenses to each) dual-G5 2.5GHz systems for price of one X1000 (assuming conservative £1500 price, not "north of"). Most often these systems also include Mac OS X which also is a nice bonus.

Exactly my point. A mid-range PowerMac G5 will offer plenty of power for any sort of "modern Amiga" task at a fraction of the price of the X1000.

[gdanko]

Clearly not. But those who objectively compare MorphOS and OS4 might actually get MorphOS instead, especially when the hardware is so much more affordable.

This further solidifies my point and also begs the question. What can OS4 do that MorphOS can't? People use OS4 for roughly the same reasons people use MorphOS. OS4 has a pretty limited and expensive set of hardware you can run it on. Yeah the SAM is cheap but it's pretty archaic as well.

[gdanko]

@rebraist

I like AROS, it has potential. The UI needs a lot of clean up and there needs to be more driver support. In 2-3 years it will be viable but for now it is not.

[gdanko]

Dont get me wrong I can not see MorphOS becoming my main use OS that will still be ubuntu 10.4 and Win7.  Its all a hobby and a pretty fun one to me.  Got my interest back for awhile anyway.  Considering my classics have been gathering dust for at least 3 years now.

For what I need, MorphOS is usable from day to day. My wife has Windows 7 and I cannot fathom an OS that needs > 2 GB to run comfortably. When she had XP on her 2 GB machine it ran really nicely but with Win 7 her machine crawls.

Ubuntu is a nice system and I have the Desktop version at home. I use both MorphOS and Ubuntu and either can be used for day to day stuff.

[gdanko]

Frankly I've never found a Linux variant I wanted to keep and use everyday.
And I'll admit that MorphOS is not a main stream OS, but with about 1% of the market, neither is Linux (and not only am I willing to leave MorphOS installed, I use it and am willing to pay for it).

What makes an OS mainstream? Commercial adoption? OS X has maybe 4% desktop adoption, does that make it a viable mainstream OS?

Does developer support make an OS mainstream? Linux has TONS of developer support but not many adopters?

Please quantify your statement about mainstream so I can better understand where you're coming from.

[gdanko]

Yeah, it must be Vista he's talking about...

Windows 7 Ultimate

I'm even thinking of chipping in some money in one of the bounties, probably the wifi one...

How about a put Ambient on AROS bounty?

[gdanko]

That's strange...

I'm using Windows 7 professional as we speak, and it's really growing on me! (Never thought I would say that )

All I am saying is, Windows 7 is much slower on the same machine than XP, and the benefits do not outweigh the cost in resources.