my AO G4XE will arrive beginning April 2003 :-)

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@Lando

I've ordered an AmigaONE XE G4 800, even though I hate linux. Why? for these reasons:

1) The specification list for OS4 is much closer to what I want for an updated AmigaOS than MorphOS's feature list.

2) Hyperion do have a track record of releasing products.

3) Whether or not it was Mr. Bucks fault, I do not trust a company run by the people who ran Viscorp after reading what Mr. Sassenrath and some other disgruntled employees had to say about it. This is not a slight against bPlan, or the MorphOS team who I am sure are doing a good job.

4) I want a product as the AmigaOS 4 featurelist describes, and I am prepared to take a financial risk to let the people involved know I am serious about wanting such a product.

5) All my dealings with Eyetech have been great. Eyetech have always come across as people prepared to go the extra mile to make sure their customers are happy.

6) I used to talk on BorgNet (a FidoNet style network) with Will Redhouse (Alans son

Now, £800 (as my AmigaONE system is going to cost me once its all added up), is a HELL of a lot of money for me, but I want the product described by the AmigaOS featurelist so badly i'm prepared to take that risk and hope that the product eventually arrives as described.

You may not understand taking such a risk, but I guess I like to live on the edge :-D

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So because I'm taking the risk I'm immediately stupid? thanks for the personal insult.

Firstly, I love AmigaOS. I love programming for AmigaOS, i love using AmigaOS, i love tweeking AmigaOS. I want a fast updated PowerPC AmigaOS (or close to), so my options are basically Peg/MorphOS or A1/AmigaOS.

My purchasing decision is based on the published featurelists of the two supposed successors to AmigaOS. Both products are an unknown quantity; Who knows what the "Q-Box" or MorphOS is going to be like?

(Note: I'm not claiming you are automatically a MOS zealot because you think I should wait and see OS4; I know you were just saying why not sit back and wait and see, and I can see the logic of that. I'm just pointing out that either choice is still a somewhat unknown quantity).

if you are sitting back and waiting to see the products, thats fine, and I don't call you stupid because of it.

The fact is the AmigaOS4 project looks really interesting to me, interesting enough for me to take a little financial risk over. Lets face it £800 is a lot of money, but if it ends up that i'm investing in the next betamax, its not going to put me out of house and home!

I want to show support for this project now because its something I really want to see come to fruition.

So please, don't call me stupid because I'm willing to take a little risk on a promising product.

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strobe wrote:
The risk is "stupid" because there's no risk/reward. You only have interest in AmigaOS4 and it isn't here yet! You could wait and remove the risk and be rewarded as well.

I could, but I don't want to. That doesn't make me stupid! The fact is that AmigaOS4/AmigaONE needs early adopters to show Eyetech/Hyperion that people want what they are aiming to achieve and that they are serious about it.

If you don't want to take the risk and be an early adopter, that is up to you and I totally understand the logic behind it. Thats fine; that is a smart thing to do. Well done you, have a pat on the back.

The fact that I'm prepared to stump up the cash now and be an early adopter does not make me stupid. Its my money, don't tell me how to spend it or accuse me of being stupid.

And to all those thinking it; it also doesn't make me a blind worshipper either. If the MorphOS product plan was more inline with what I wanted for a future operating system, I would be buying a Pegasos now instead.

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MOS got into this thread because I explained that the two solutions that most closely fit what I want for a system is MorphOS and AmigaOS4, is all.

I was not claiming that they are the only two options, or that anyone who has posted here is saying that I should go for MOS, or anything like that. Obviously if people want AROS, Amithlon, BeOS, Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, OS/2 Warp or whatever, they're welcome to it. Also, if you're sitting back and waiting to see products, thats ok also.

I just wanted to clarify my reasons for choosing the AmigaONE/OS4, and also say that if MOS had been more inline with what i want, I would have ordered a Pegasos right now despite that the future of MOS is also unclear.

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Why is it everytime someone says they support Genesi and MOS someone chimes in "another MORPHOS ass*@#)

When did that happen? I can't see anyone being shouted down for liking any operating system here.

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@MarkTime:

But eyetech are not taking money until they ship the goods.