ral-clan wrote:
DonP1 wrote:
I am puzzled why you would want to throw away $150 if you have an emulator. Is having the actual hardware really worth it?
Why fix up an original classic car when you can buy a modern kit car replica? Why go rock climing when you can just go to one of those rock climbing gyms?
Because it's a FAKE EXPERIENCE!
Because it's an ILLUSION, and your smarter brain (not the one that typed the abve message), CAN and WILL tell the difference!
People, watch the first Matrix movie. Pay attention to the steak scene. Understand the reason you're are who you are: only human. And that means tangible creatures in a 4 dimensional world. We've not been "jacked in yet" (although we're getting much closer). So that means that tactile sense and tangibility is inate and insubordinate.
Emulators are cool and fun, but you're only fooling yourself, for as long as you can.
Now, don't take this wrong: I'm not dismissing emulators. I think having both is good. Especially if you need to do anything that needs to exceed the computing power of the native hardware.
All I'm saying is: have both (covers you legally too
Lastly for prices: I certainly don't like high prices, as I'm not the one with the deep pockets, yet seeing how the Amigas still command such high prices and trying to understasnd it, I've come to the conclusion that it's NOT due to the "greedy eBayers" people. It's simple: that "old" "retro" "80's" "vintage" "yellowing" (shame on you who uttered these words) Amiga is JUST THE BEST FREAGGING HOME COMPUTING MACHINE EVER MADE!!!!!!!!!
Certain people (most), understand this, believe this and are willing to pay for it. If you want to change this, you have to convince this majority otherwise. Good luck, because you'll be starting with a false promise.
SO SHUT UP YOUR CRYING AND WHINNING! You're not getting an IBM clone, nor an Amstard, nor an Atari, nor a Mac. You're getting the BEST. PERIOD. And that means you'll pay top bucks, 10 years later, and 20 years later, and even more down the road.
And after all, if they were such "unworthy" items, why the hell do you want one? GO HOME, YOU LAZY BUMS! (You're lazy because as certain people pointed in this thread, IF you do your homework and be patient, you'll pay very little for your Amiga, because afterall, you want it for free, because you THINK it's worth as much as an Atari, etc..)
Finally: think of where ELSE you spent your money. I bet that "BRAND NEW" (Made in China) printer or scanner you bought cost almost as much as $100, and yet you KNOW that P.O.S. (piece of s...) will BREAK, GUARANTEED, in less than 1 year, or nearing the 1 year warranty date, _UNLIKE_ that Amiga. So _why_ is such an AWESOME machine that lasts, oh, about 20+ years already, not worth that $100-300 price? EH?? WHY??? Keep on shopping your plastic garbage, and being suckered every year by changing interfaces and "1 year death-designs", and leave this "old vintage" hardware to us, ok?
Note: I like other old-school hardware, including Atari's :-), but I know what's number one.
