Anyone happy with OS 4.1? Is it much to write home about?

[alexh]

On the downside :

There is no decent hardware to run it on.

OS4.x for Classics doesn't run classic software (that bangs the hardware) meaning you need an OS3.x dual boot system.

The new SAM hardware is over priced and underpowered.

On the plus side:

It does come in a very nice box.

Die hard Amiga users with too much money will probably love both the SAM and OS4.1 :-)

[alexh]

€600* for a 667MHz consumer version (includes everything except monitor) plus €120 for OS4.1

~$1,400 AUD

http://www.acube-systems.biz/eng/sam.php

* Sam440ep board with 512 MB DDR Ram, ATI Radeon M9 64MB and Audio 5.1 onboard, SATA DVD-RW, SATA 80 Gb Hard Disk, Logitech Optical Mouse

[alexh]

I wonder if anyone has tried getting it to work under emulation?

It would probably take a large amount of effort to get it working well, not to mention dumping the BIOS, re-coding the available PPC emulator engines for a 440EP etc.

The fact we've not seen an emulator for OS4.0 classic is a good indication that no-one is going to do it IMHO.

[alexh]

bigmac wrote:
Geez Alex a litle bit of creative accounting there mate

I dont think so!! The prices came directly from the ACube website!

bigmac wrote:
Vesalia sells the mobo and Os for about 640euros

Where is the case, DDR RAM, hard drive, DVD-RW and all the other things that were included in the price above!!

cv643d wrote:
Have you run OS 4.0/4.1?

I tried OS 4.0 Classic but when it became obvious that backwards compatibility was low I had to create a 3.x dual boot which I now use whenever I use my Amiga. I do not use my Amiga for every day computing. A bit of retrogaming, demos, the odd bit of coding.

[alexh]

Hans_ wrote:
So, you haven't actually tried Amiga OS 4.1, yet you post about its pros and cons.

I don't need to try it to comment that the SAM440EP is expensive (cos it is). And I have seen pictures of the OS4.1 box so I can comment on that too ;-)

Hans_ wrote:
P.S. It was always made clear that hardware banging apps wouldn't be supported.

It wasn't that clear because myself and many others didn't know until after it came out.

BTW: What is JXFS? Is it a port of SGI's XFS to AmigaOS4?

[alexh]

Joerg Strohmayer? He wasn't the original creator of SFS but I know what you mean.