Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.

Author Topic: Amiga's place in the modern computing world - 00s  (Read 17791 times)

Description:

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Offline uncharted

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Join Date: Mar 2002
  • Posts: 1520
    • Show all replies
Re: Amiga's place in the modern computing world - 00s
« on: June 09, 2008, 09:06:51 PM »
Quote

bloodline wrote:

Amiga = smelly homeless guy looking in bins for things the rest of the industy discarded years ago...


How would you describe AROS then?
 

Offline uncharted

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Join Date: Mar 2002
  • Posts: 1520
    • Show all replies
Re: Amiga's place in the modern computing world - 00s
« Reply #1 on: June 10, 2008, 07:15:23 PM »
Quote

bloodline wrote:


His younger brother, with a low paid job... a wife and two kids, living on a council estate... struggling to make ends meet, and surviving on benefits :-D


I have to disagree.  I'd argue that AROS is a Chav.  

Never worked a day in his life, will never make anything of himself.  Brought into the world with much potential, but ultimately f**ked up by his parents.  Thinks he's gods gift to everyone, and barks on about every insignificant non-achievement.  Tries to make up for the fact that he's driving a sh**ty Vauxhall Nova by tarting it up with a cheap plastic body kit - but it still doesn't go.  

He has a girlfriend, but only because she can't do any better - her last boyfriend is now a dumpster diving old man. ;-)  He treats her like s**t, never listening to her or trying to fulfil her needs, he knows she has no alternative.  

Question him and his lack of progress in the world, or suggest that he could do better and you'll only get abuse, especially from his parents.  If they'd spent more time raising him right rather than slagging off other people (in particular the old man's younger brother) he might have been a winner.

Man, this computer-person analogy stuff if fun :-)
 

Offline uncharted

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Join Date: Mar 2002
  • Posts: 1520
    • Show all replies
Re: Amiga's place in the modern computing world - 00s
« Reply #2 on: June 10, 2008, 07:48:01 PM »
Quote

smerf wrote:
Hi,

@ bloodline,

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
I honestly don't care... the it's an irrelevant issue... I can do stuff in realtime on my MacBook Pro that I can only dream of on my Amiga... so what the F**K does it matter?
==============================================================

Can you install a new video card in your macbook pro or how about a new sound card after 5 years of use. Or is it just another one of these new modern day convenience's that you throw away when apple decides to upgrade to new super macbook?


Yes, I often update the video card and sound card in my PC laptop - oh wait.
 :roll:
 

Offline uncharted

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Join Date: Mar 2002
  • Posts: 1520
    • Show all replies
Re: Amiga's place in the modern computing world - 00s
« Reply #3 on: June 10, 2008, 08:00:53 PM »
Quote

persia wrote:
The Amiga - it's


Hmmmn, Burberry A1200 case mod anyone?
 

Offline uncharted

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Join Date: Mar 2002
  • Posts: 1520
    • Show all replies
Re: Amiga's place in the modern computing world - 00s
« Reply #4 on: June 11, 2008, 07:11:32 PM »
Quote

bloodline wrote:

Just off the top of my head I can run Netscape Navigator on a stone age 68k Mac... that's better than the Amiga.. sadly... :-(


You could use Fusion to run it on the Amiga :-D

Actually I did play with it back in the day, and it was pretty good considering.  The main problem was that image loading was very slooooow.  Don't know if that was an Amiga/Emulation issue (I was running in 256 colours on an AGA machine) or a general speed issue with Netscape.