Top 5 reasons for persisting with Amiga

[stopthegop]

1. You command it, not the other way around.  
2. Small, lightweight and efficient.
3. No DRM bs.
4. No irritating nags.
5. Doesn't "require" a gig of RAM just to run it.
6. Doesn't "require" massive HW upgrades to "handle it".  
7. No byzantine registration procedures.  Just load and go.
8. Can easily use bootable drive on any another Amiga.
9. Doesn't leave fingerprints all over the net like windoze
10. No registry.  
11. Don't need any kind of "training" or "certification"
12. Bootable ROM.
13. Minimal if non-existant virus or spyware threat.
14. OS and most apps. are small in size and very fast.
15. True multitasking.
16. Much faster boot times.  
17. Instantly responsive to user input.
18. Installs in 5 minutes, not 2 hrs.
19. You don't have to call and ask permission to use it.  
20. Won't appear to "get slower" as you install more apps
21. Doesn't "require" massive vmem partition just to run.
22. Totally modular.
23. Documentation is comprehensive and easy to obtain.
24. Very easy to get custom look and feel.
25. Fast, even on very modest hardware.    

[stopthegop]

Keropi:

Depends of the type of file.  I am able to view .avi, .qt, .mov, or .mpg on my big box with OS3.9 without any problem.  I can't do .wmv or .mp4 files, but that is not because of a hardware limitation or a limitation of the OS.  If someone wrote a program to interpert these files, then I'm sure it would work.    

[stopthegop]

if you don't mean as a primary computer, sure there are reasons to use the Amiga.

Depends on the definition of "primary".  For most computing tasks, the Amiga is my first choice.  This would include creating spreadsheets, writing small C programs, designing an extension for my garage, writing and/or publishing an article, building resumes, document layout, doing taxes, creating presentations, freehand drawing, building PLC, robotics or home-automation systems, writing arexx scripts, image editing, CD or DVD burning, etc, etc..  I personally find the overhead and bloat and overall offensiveness of WindowsOS to be a burden when performing these tasks.  Granted, there are some undeniable limitations of an Amiga that require me to own a Windows PC as a secondary computer.  If I want to play a DVD or use the win32 Citrix client for my job, then I have to hold my nose and boot the PC.  The Amiga is a great computer and I have no intention of ever selling it.  The PC, on the other hand, is utterly disposable;  I'll have a new one from my company probably before Thanksgiving.  Therefore, I do consider the Amiga as my "primary" computer.      

[stopthegop]

A big one that rarely gets mentioned in these threads is the the word "modular".  AmigaOS is a modular design with respect to both hardware and software, which is an indicator of quality.  Basically it means you don't have to go buy a new computer to "handle" whatever OS microsoft is hawking this week.  By no perversion of the english language can a Windows PC be described as "modular".    

[stopthegop]

James wrote:

I find in incredibly funny when people call Windows "The PC".

I wasn't referring to windows in general in that context.  I meant it just like I said it:  "The" PC refers to "the" PC I happen to own.  Sorry if you misunderstood my use of a singular possesive pronoun.  

[stopthegop]

You know.. there are other options besides Windows.

Thats true, I could use MacOS or any of the other hundreds of mutations of Unix floating around out there.  So you're right in that there are at least some options with regard to what software I want to use.  The problem is all these "choices" run on the same crap hardware, for which there are few if any alternatives.  No matter what OS I might go with, the liklihood that I'll end up with x86 compatible PC hardware is almost a 100% certainty.  

Your suggestion of this rich variety of "choices" in computing is only partially correct.  Its sort of like when I travelled to Norway a few years ago and found that Norweigans like to make everything[/b] out of cod fish.  I hate, hate, hate, hate...fish!  *YUK*.  Can't stand it.  So I'd order a Burger, figuring that was safe.  Wrong.  Fish-Burgers!  *GAG*   Pizza?  Nope, fish-pizza.  You name it... Fish-sticks, fish-pops, fish-snaps, fish-cakes, fish-cicles, fish, fish, fish..  

Its sort of like that buying computers now, too.  Sure, take any OS you want, but, like it or not, you're pretty much stuck with x86.


EDIT: No offense to fellow Norweigans.    I might be the only Norweigan who hates both seafood and cold weather.