Status report on AmigaOS 4.2 development

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well the sam440 doesnt cost that much.
I know its far from as fast as the latest wintel based puter, but that puter cost alot more than the sam. And a windows licens cost about the same as AOS4.1 licens.

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You can also buy a new SAM440.

What is it that windows can do, that you miss in AOS4.x? I use both on my office, and I don't miss anything in AOS4.x, but the SAM does boot into workbench in less than half the time, that my office PC uses to boot into windows.
And on top of that AOS4.x is alot more responsive than windows, not just by margins but by miles.

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how do you want to support them to give us a better price/performance ratio? with money?

well if you really wanted a system capable of running AOS4.x, you ciuld always support a-cube by actually buying a SAM system.

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can buying it second hand qualify as "support"? will that have an influence on their price/performance, what do you think?

Ofcourse it can, if the sellers intends to buy a newer system.

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@commodorejohn I know you have never used AOS4.x, which makes your complaining meaningless.

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@John, you complaining about the price is just one thing though. You did tell me there where things that AOS4.1 can't do that windows can do, which was another complaint of yours. Again, what are those things?

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Can AmigaOS 4.x hardware beat this price?

http://www.ncix.com/products/?sku=80960&vpn=M5A97%20R2.0%2BFD8320FRHKBOX&manufacture=Bundle%20Deals

No that is where the "number of sales" thing come in, you know market and demand stuff. But I bet that the more people who actually buy AOS4.x compliant hardware, the cheaper it will get in the long run.

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I was gonna leave this alone, but:
Maya, 3DStudio, Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere, After Effects, Nuke, Toxik, Mari, Painter, Animation Studio Pro, Mudbox, ZBrush, Reason and those are just a few examples of applications I use on a daily basis.
-M

I don't know half of those programs, but we do have gimp, I only use gimp at work any ways. Blender for 3D.
We could use inkScape on AOS4.x I prefer that over Illustrator

It's why so many of us are pissing and moaning about the "netbook" they were bragging about 2 years ago, but never saw the light of day. I love the Amiga OS and wish I could use it on a daily basis, but it doesn't meet my needs or demands. It's just that simple and tell me, is that really fair to ME, as an Amiga user?
-M

I would like the netbook as well, but for now I can use my SAM

And thanks for your kind words on Alien Air Attack, I was not the only one involved in it, Krister made the great music and Kevin made most of the graphics, the good looking any way.

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the software issue has been around since the late-90s. OS3, OS4, MOS, and AROS all suffer from a lack of software which is compatible with software used on mainstream platforms, like windows or linux. it's not just OS4, but OS4 gets the accusation most often because it's commercial.
-- eliyahu

My point exactly.
The only thing I can think of that windows can do, is domain and multiuser, but I have never used that on any of my home computers any way.

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Well going x86 does not mean that software starts magically appearing. It still needs to be ported. Yes there could to some extend be some sort of wine implementation, but AFAIK aros does not have that, yet(?)

"They" are listening to their users, their users are using AOS4.x already. The users who wants an x86, are not really AOS4.x users, but they have the option of aros. Personally I beleiver more in AOS4.x than any of the other amiga like OS's. I would however really like to buy me one of those sweet aros boxes vesalia sold.

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Why is that?

You know, they are out to get you. They have special machines with mind-rays or something.



In reality, none of us knows why they don't want to release any numbers, but there could be a number of valid explanations.
That does not mean comspiracy