Is the Amiga architecture still relevant today?

[Nostalgiac]

Oooh troll thread ahead!

But well, to be seriously, not really.
Though, custom chipsets, and an OS which takes full advantage of the hardware, and both being designed for nowadays purposes, is something desireable IMHO.

you mean.. like the Xbox , the Weee, the playstation... etc etc

so on the one hand I do agree, on the other hand.... I'm pretty happy with my macbook pro and my core2duo general purpose box and don't see the point of any new amiga-like architecture

Tom UK

[Nostalgiac]

Well, kind of, but all these console OS'es are severely slimmed down in useability, and AmigaOS isn't, au contraire.
Also not when your OS is ready immediately when you turn on your computer?

oh well ... be honest ... "useability" ... modern stuff offers just much more.

and "ready immediately" ? sure you're right... but using my boxes in stand-by mode.. 5 secs max ? preparing coffee or tea isn't as fast as that

I still like my migi for "old" stuff :-) no mistake there !

Tom UK