Can there be room for another system?

[alewis]

Actually, there is an very very real use for a 3D interface, even on a 2D screen. Vista, OSX, et al are *NOT* 3D interfaces. They merely present a 3D look and feel, much like games such as Wolfenstein.

I wrote - albeit very clumsily - on this here

here -  UKCentral

A true 3D *interactive* interface would bring huge productivity gains. Please, read the article (and feel free to comment on it there as well)

[alewis]

Its not a case of missing technology, but missing "fun".

Everything is so bloated - why do we need 2GB RAM? 3GHZ+processors? huge disks? Simple fact is, we don't.

[alewis]

True, for many many tasks. I used to frequent the "bleeding edge" sites, when someone got too carried away or particularly obnoxious with "my rig is faster than yours" I'd put up a simple challenge; "write and print a letter. I bet my rig against yours that I'll have it printed, probably even before yours has POSTed"  I didn't state that my rig as a C64 with Easyscript cartridge :-)

My personal view is that a PII is still a perfectly adequate platform for 90% of office users, and probably 80% of home (non-games) users.

The complication with 8-bit comes from graphics. GEOS, for example, was/is good, but very slow on the 64. And without resorting to tricks such as the REU, 64kb isn't quite enough for graphical manipulation.

However, the real reason is simple: multitasking. Something the PC of today still has difficulty with.

itix wrote:
Why we needed an Amiga when C64 at 1MHz and 64kB was enough?

[alewis]

Oddly enough, porn is/was no longer the predominate traffic on the 'net. P2P traffic is.

There are lies, dammed lies, and stats, and depending on how one expresses a given protocol as a % of "what", (ie total bytes or total transaction transfers), one can argue between P2P and email, notably spam.

However, it is worth noting that the largest customer segment (ex telco's) of a certain well known infrastructure manufacturer was "anonymous", and widely suspect to be the adult entertainment industry :-)

[alewis]

stick a floppy in an XP rig an format it.. and watch the system come to a halt

[alewis]

GreggBz wrote:
Seriously, I just tried it, (formating a floppy, it took some real digging to actually find one here at work) it wasn't that bad. I could still browse use openoffice etc.. And I'd say my 2.5Ghz PC did it at least 5%-6% faster then my A1200 :lol:

LOL! I get the hour hand when I do it. Sure, I can still download, but not a lot else.

What, pray, are you doing browsing Amiga sites whilst at work ;-)

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Waccoon wrote:
This is a hardware issue.  Get a USB floppy (free of horrible ISA legacy hardware), and your problems will disappear.

Been there, done it, tried it. And it didn't work. 5 different USB floppies, didn't work on any of my rigs, nor any in the shop.  Sony units, too....