Amiga has the X factor?

[freqmax]

I think it might be that you grow up with this computer and fond childhood memories just won't go away ;-)
It's was also an technology enabler.. ie "From using a Schneider 286 PC with monochrome monitor to an Amiga". With multitasking stereo sound and colour video.

BUT I strongly believe it's about that the modern computers has alienated the users. People don't know how they work, software is huge blob of cpu waste.

 * Tinkering friendly, ports and I/O which are easy to use.
 * Open documentation.
 * Communication that is meaningful. (ie not 1st line "support"
 * Software/Hardware that does something truly unique and don't backoff from doing something really new/cool/smart.
 * Feeling of PC communities being more Bread & butter than Amiga.. "Let's go to the moon".

Let's keep in mind that the days of unsmooth VGA with EISA bus, Resistor A/D sound, arcane system organisation etc.. isn't that far away!

[freqmax]

What specifications would a computer that would fill that void have..?, what would you like to be able to do with such computer, that you can't currently?

[freqmax]

Seems what the Amiga/C64 etc.. got for it is inviting to creativity with a low entry barrier. Also there's a strong dedicated community.

I think what commodore did was to take the most advanced technology available, stretch it to the limit. And then sell it for an affordable price.

What would that mean today?, well proberbly something that is possible right now. But our vanilla circuit designers completly lack the drive to go for.

[freqmax]

So what's missing in the current breed of computing is a setup that is edge technology and is inviting to create things that exploit the technology to the limit ..?

A computer will CELL cpu, DDR3 mem, FPGA graphics would be cool

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