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

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alexh wrote:

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.

So, you haven't actually tried Amiga OS 4.1, yet you post about its pros and cons. As someone who has Amiga OS 4.1 (on an A1-XE) let me just say that it is a big improvement over OS 4.0. It's a nice system. The compositing works well; it's more stable; AmigaInput is back (joystick support); almost every part of the system has been improved in some way. OWB is included, so you have a CSS browser (the features are still basic though, e.g., no download support yet). Some of the new features I don't use, e.g., the PTP file transfer (my camera works as a mass-storage device). Most importantly for me, the extra functionality it provides for developers (e.g., built in Cairo) expands the possibilities.

I do agree with you though that the hardware is expensive and hope that work is being done toward lowering the cost of entry.

Hans

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

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Amithony wrote:
Im surprised there hasnt been much talk around OS4.1 these days.

We're too busy using OS 4.1. ;-)

Hans

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@alexh

AFAIK JXFS is a completely new journaling file-system written by the same guy that wrote SFS.

Hans

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@alexh

Oops. Make that the current maintainer of SFS (or just the maintainer of the OS4 version of SFS).

Hans

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@jorkany

That depends on how you look at it. If you simply compare an old Amiga to a new one, the new one leaves it in the dust by a huge margin, hence bigger bang for buck. Of course, one could also take a PC bought in the 90s and compare it to a new PC and say the same thing.

You, on the other hand, factor in your personal desires/expectations and compare the new Amiga to what you wish that it were (I know you said that you were extrapolating from what it was, but it's the same thing). Obviously your expectations for a product that hasn't been developed continuously by a large corporation is rather unrealistic. Clearly you won't be happy with one of these new machines.

Personally, as someone who actually has Amiga OS 4.1 (not the SAM), it really is a much improved version of the original Amiga OS.

Hans