Amiga flavors.

[pierre]

well more accuratly.

peg/morphOS
morphOS and peg hardware are available and they are working on the next OS. v1.5

a1/os4
no hardware availabe, no OS has been released.
I guess OS4 has been running for sometime now...

[pierre]

I could be wrong but I though the OS that came the a1 while it was availabe was a dev version?  There has been no offical os4 release to my knowlage. But it could happen "anytime" it has been anounced since at least 2002...  please let me know if I missed this release as we have all been waiting!

[pierre]

yes a pre release is not the same as commercial release, it kind of like a beta? right?  
So I will say it again, OS4 has not been official release.  I would like to but os4 but I can't.

morphOS and hardware can be purchased here:
https://www.pegasosppc.com/special_odw.php?partner=morphos
currently they are working on there second commercial release morphOS 1.5.

[pierre]

o.k.  I was wrong... tried to correct myself.  I don't think it's my fault they could not produce enough units...(or have a solid plan IMO)  I will keep my ears open and if and when there are new a1 and and OFFICIAL os4 release I will consider it, but I think I'm going for the peg anyway, I like the idea of running macOS and lunix as well.  What I'm even more interested in is  x686 amigas, PPC are already old. I don't want to be negative about os4, I just wanted to set the record strait for people just now getting back into this, it very confusing and I think you made it sound like the morphOS ppl had adandoned ship when infact they have released both OS and hardware (peg1 and 2) and are working on the second version of the os.  In contrast the os4 team has not had an official release and currently don't have hardware.  I'm not going to make a judgment about that (for you) it's just where things stand.  I don't have all the info and when I am wrong I will gladly admit it.  More importantly I am extreamly interested in learning more about most things amiga!  

[pierre]

I think it is a good system!  I don't own one myself but am saving to get one.  The one I saw and palyed with was VERY cool and quick. I don't think you will NEED and upgrade anytime soon.  IMO until somebody comes out with a x686 type system this will be the thing to have. Ifcourse if new a1 boards are produced anytime soon you may perfer that, but that would be your call.

[pierre]

no news per say thomas is right.
Aros is the only system availabe right now.  There is also amigathon but that is no longer sold.
My point is that both peg and a1/os4 are built around ppc tech, I feel that that is old tech and we need to get amigas running and intel/AMD chips just like apple did...I don't think this is going to happen anytime soon, BTW but it the future...

[pierre]

@AJCopeland
no negativity here, it just not the future is all.  
I don't think "custom" motherboards are a good idea if we want to survive, they are WAY too expensive to manufacture.  Even apple is realizing this.  It makes sense to have your OS run on what ever hardware is common. (PPC is not common. or modern)  I think we should LEARN from the past, custom hardware was a burden not a benefit.  You should be able to go buy what ever hardware you want/like and then install whatever OS you want/like, thats freedome to choose.  Continuing to develop for the PPC only distances the amiga from modern computing in a way that will make it very difficult for larger group of people to seriously use the technology.  Infact all this os4/morphOS stuff would have been a big deal 5/6/7 years ago, in 2006 it's well.. I don't know what to say...a bit late?
I just want to add that I don't feel fractures at all.. I can't get an a1 (nothing to worry about there) if I had more $$$ i could get a peg (very cool) in the mean time I have some realy cool "classic" hardware that I have fun playing with.  I am however concerned for any serious FUTURE amiga projects, as I don't think they are heading in a direction that makes sense.