State of the Amiga, 2007

[Starrfoxx]

guru-666 wrote:
the fact of the matter is we have moved on.  Linux is where most of the amiga community ended up.  

Or Macs, from what I've heard and read.

Mallette wrote:
stopthegap:
HOW TRUE!  I hate to think how many peecees I've spent thousands on over the past 15 years only to wind up in the garage.  I through out probably 10 last summer when I moved and the remains of many more...

Disgoosting...

In the past 10 years or more, I am now on my 3rd custom built PC.  I still have hardware in this new PC I built that is rather old.  But the PC I just built will last me for the next 5 years or so.  And my former PC is now my daughter's computer.

So I disagree, today's PC is not next year's trash (unless you buy it from Wal-Mart).  When I build a PC, I purposely try to keep room for future expansion and upgrades.  I don't want to trash anything out.  I try to get my money's worth and extend the life as long as possible.  I learned this from my years of owning an Amiga.   :-D

[Starrfoxx]

AmigaRises wrote:
@ Starfoxx:

You are obviously no gamer, if you want to run Oblivion on you 5 year old hardware, it wont happen.

Ccccccccccccccyyyyyyyyyyyyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! :-D

I didn't give you the specs of my hardware, and most of it is brand new.

And yes, I can run Oblivion just fine, thank you very much.   :lol:

[Starrfoxx]

Mallette wrote:
I still say any OS that cannot be shut down with the power switch is an accident that WILL happen.

Dave

I've worried about that too, but I've had times where my desktop HAD to be turned off because it froze.  Boot it back up and it was fine.  There were times when the battery on my laptop ran out of power.  Most of the time I can switch the battery and keep going, but other times it actually turns it off and I have to boot back up.  So far, everything is okay.