What are the advantages of Amiga...

[Tripitaka]

Modern hardware not being used to its full capacity? Mmm... I'm running a 4200 AMD X2, NVidia 7900 GTX, a Gig of FAST Corsair RAM, SATA HDD etc..etc.. and I can still make my system scream for mercy with ease ...Oh yes, that's the curse of the digital artist.

 However, most.... that is to say MOST pc users only use this kind of spec for playing games. They would probably be better off with a games console and a low power consumption, small footprint, easy to use MODERN Amiga for the other stuff ....

...maybe the hardware will be available for this one day.....soon....next week?  ...maybe. :roll:

My A1200T I use mostly to run stuff that has no equivilent pc software, science progs and other obscure stuff that I do for fun. It's a lot easier to use the pc for my main machine but I wish it was not so. If Ainc. get fingers removed from chocolate starfish and deliver on new hardware I'll snap up a new mobo in a flash.

[Tripitaka]

GW wrote:
No, they would not..

What console has the following popular PC games?

World of Warcraft
Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars
Supreme Commander
Microsoft Flight Simulator X
Civilization IV

Gamers choose PC, and Mac, because certain types of games work a lot better on computers than on consoles.

True to a point but the console makers are getting wise to this and the divide has become slimmer than it was, C&C 3 for XBox 360 for example.

As long as the modern Amiga lacks modern applications such as MS Office, Internet Explorer, Photoshop and Firefox the Amiga isn't an alternative for most people.

Again true but such software will only be written after the hardware becomes available and then, ONLY then will we have a MODERN Amiga. Your point is a cyclic one and not constructive at all, following your logic we don't need new hardware due to lack of software and we can't have the software due to lack of hardware. Perhaps that's the logic AInc. uses and why we've waited so long as it is.

[Tripitaka]

IMHO: Wait for a few days and see if the AInc./ACK anouncment turns into something solid, a few days can't hurt after all.

Failing that, go for the Cloanto solution (Amiga Forever) or sell all of your belongings to buy over-priced genuine classic Amiga hardware.

[Tripitaka]

adonay wrote:
also to get a modern aspect in amiga os try the package AMIKIT on top of winuae and os 3.9 .. it will give you a more advanced envirement ....

Amikit is bl**dy wonderfull, I couldn't agree more.