MorphOS 3.0 released - PowerBook G4 support and new pricing

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Is the wireless in the MacMini supported?

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And the comments are the typical jaded Linux fanboi crap that we see so often at Slashdot. This was the only sensible rebuttal I could find.

Even the article post itself is demeaning and condescending.  Typical /. bullshyt; it's not a news site these days, it's all opinion being pushed along with news topics to make it look like news.

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I don't know, I think many of the slashdot comments make sense from a certain point of view. If I wasn't a die-hard Amiga fan I probably wouldn't touch any of the current-generation Amiga systems with a stick.

I guess what aggravates me is the double-standard in the geek world.  16 Apple //e computers networked together is uber; running TCP/IP on a 1982 Timex is cool*; building a watch out of Nixie tubes is bonerific; but an operating system with modern capabilities for PowerPC is just a bunch of old farts trying to hold onto a dead dream and beat a dead horse.

Replace "PowerPC" with "Z80" or "6502" and replace "MorphOS" with "Linux" or "Android," and suddenly it would be the coolest damned thing ever.  Bonus points if it will run your Lego Mindstorms.  Mind you, the $138 price tag isn't going to make the freetards happy no matter what, so you've already lost that particular audience.

* No one has actually done this, but I thought an extreme example would serve as a purposeful hyperbole.

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G4s aren't old enough to be "cool" yet, running a different OS with capabilities similar to other OSes on them isn't particularly impressive.

"Oh look! I'm browsing the web on a Powerbook!" and "Oh look! I'm browsing the web on a C64!" are two very different things.

Which is partly my point.  I don't see a lot of sneers about PPC Linux.  And Linux, Android, and the rest were "different" OSes at some point in their lives, too.  There's just no parity here -- the out-crowd has become the in-crowd they hated so much.  "Geeks" have turned into "Lady GaGa-esque fame hags."

I blame Steve Jobs for making geek chic. :laugh1:

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The argument that most people do not move their laptops around is probably correct.  The alienware Laptop I have just ordered is a desktop replacement, and my current laptops spend most of their time on the coffee table.

That is not to say that Me or the wife would be happy with a  CAT5 cable trailing across the living room.

The apparent lack of interest of getting wifi capabilities in the os is really starting to sour things for me.

IMNSHO, ten years ago a lack of interest in wireless wouldn't have been a big issue.  In 2012, however, wireless networks are pretty much ubiquitous.  I have some networks (mostly home networks) which are nothing BUT wireless.  Having said that, the target audience for MorphOS isn't necessarily an AirPort-centric network, and for my MacMini wireless is a convenience more than a necessity.  A laptop without wireless is none the less silly.

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"Just like the atom bomb... everybody's having a good time, then BOOM!"

*sigh*

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Would you please put down your cheerleader's pom pom's, TMHG?

We get it, you're a fan.  It's an OS.  We don't need it crammed up our asses by you nonstop.

It's a general Amiga forums and all you do is spam your view of the divine future while **** talking the alternatives.  Enough, it's worse than the C-USA threads.

Seriously?  People, it's a hobby for Christ's sake.  Some people expend resources on obsolete cars, sports cards, bubble gum comics, or whatever they want.  When was the last time you went to the model railroad club or antique car show and ranted about what a waste of time and money the hobby is?  That's what you're doing here, and making yourself look just as much a fool.

Yes, this is an Amiga forum.  It's been demonstrated plenty of times in forums and argued numerous times in IRC, listservs, and Usenet, that MorphOS and AROS are Amiga-like enough to be given berth and acceptance.   If you have a problem with MorphOS threads then don't read them.  If seeing a MorphOS thread makes you rage, then you need help which none of us here can provide.

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If I was donated a Mac or obtained one via a financially beneficial trade I would actually try MOS to be honest

This is pretty much the route I ran.

The "Ultimate C128" was up for auction or trade for a MacMini.  I knew a friend of mine recently retired his PPC MacMini and still had it laying around so I asked if I could have it.  Around about that time I found that MorphOS ran on the PPC MacMini.  I would up giving the C128 a miss and installing MorphOS, instead.  I haven't had a lot of time to dedicate to systems outside of the scope of my work, so it's kind-of languished since 2.7.

Now that 3.0 is released, the reduced pricing for MacMini, more support coming around the corner, and a little more free time on my hands, I will register MorphOS this summer and have a powerful Amiga-like system next to my 4000D.

I, for one, would not have wanted to drop more than about $250 total on a registered MacMini MorphOS system.  I figured that I might break even on that system if I decided I didn't like MorphOS and to sell it.  That's not a whole lot to spend for a hobby system, IMHO, but it is substantial for passing curiosity.

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PearPC as a PPC emulator, maybe MorphOS works on it.

Does it emulate specific Mac models?