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Re: Comparing Apples and Amigas
« on: June 29, 2014, 12:42:24 PM »
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I'm not saying anything is any better. I have a 3000 coming Tuesday after all - I intend to get it online and working as a hobby desktop. I was merely pointing out why its nothing more than a hobbyist OS currently and why people thinking its anywhere ready for a general use OS are more than a little short-sighted.

I don't think there are many people left expecting one more utility to turn AmigaOS/MorphOS/AROS into the next big desktop OS. Most people are happy with what they have, and welcome improvements to that.

However, I would ask you to consider as an example the OS included with the PS3 - is that ready for general use?
It has no multitasking, supports fewer filesystems, less hardware, fewer media containers/codecs, has crappier networking, no CLI at all, and can barely be customised to the user's taste.

Of course no-one would consider using it as a desktop OS, and most people use it as a way to choose what media to consume (Game, local media, streamed media), but it is in 'general use' nevertheless.
Mac Mini G4 (1.5GHz, 64MB VRam, 1GB Ram): MorphOS 3.6
Powerbook 5.8 (15", 1.67GHz, 128MB VRam, 1GB Ram): MorphOS 3.8.

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