golem wrote:
Always people say they hate PCs yet we all use them and to some extent we would be lost without them. It's just not possible to have just an Amiga these days? I would be a lot more grumpy without my divx speciality movies on my laptop certainly :lol: Still no PC or Mac manages to capture that Amiga quality.
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Most are forced to use the Windows platform for business - it is entrenched now. To most people, computer = windows. The entire market is a simple consumer commodity, and that is not about to change.
Fantasies of an Amiga resurrection, Linux coup, etc are just that - fantasies. Ain't gonna happen. The corporate world runs on Windows, and society will therefore demand that the education system runs on windows, and that homes run on windows.
Spare me the "but Macs have x% market share", because it's never going to be on the right side of 50%. Ever.
Sure, I like the fact that my HP Centrino work machine can run for 6 hours sans mains power, and lets me watch 4 episodes of Galactica on a Sydney-Perth flight, but when it comes to mucking about at home, only the Amiga makes it fun. It's a boutique hobby - just like shooting black powder weapons, using a 35mm SLR, building model steam trains, or running a ham radio setup.
Mind you, it's a bit less nerdy than the latter two examples....
