Aos 3 -> mos

[Gulliver]

Hello!
I'd like to know why people using AOS 3 doesn't jump on the MOS train? What is holding you back exactly?

Well, since I am an AmigaOS 3.x user, I can tell you there are much more less things holding me back from MOS than from OS4.
I wouldnt touch OS4 ever again, even if with a stick.

[Gulliver]

Wrote nothing in substance as an answer, but did not miss the opportunity to slam the Amiga.
Nice.

Which Amiga?

[Gulliver]

@Kesa

I wouldnt touch OS4 again, even if with a stick because:

1.Slow boot times. I wouldnt leave a hobby OS computer 24 hours on, hence booting time, when in the mood to tinker is relevant on any hobby OS.

2.Restrictive hardware requirements, not only in price, but in performance and availability.

3.No relation to what I knew as an Amiga, except trademarks and the boing logo.

4.FUD coming from the company that develops its OS. And a cult like sect of followers that try to delude everyone else, this is the second coming of Christ, thinking everything else represents the evil.

5.A hell of a buggy OS to deal with. Believe me, I ´ve been there, and I had GrimReaper all over me, on a default install, on good working hardware (tested on linux).

6.An OS that is a resource pig, it eats at least 64MB of ram just to stay idle. On 3.x I can multitask even with 512KB!

7.No really new feature or software that makes it unique or gives it a peculiar charm compared to other hobby OSes.

8.Price.

9.Quality/Vendor support.

10.Friendly enough userbase.

There are many others, that I could mention, but these are the ones that I feel are my stronger points against OS4.

@drHirudo

BTW, You asked a question. I answered in a sincere manner. If you dont like my answer, just learn to live with it.

[Gulliver]

i like your answer. But not your spelling

Lol

[Gulliver]

@Piru

I understand Ambient can be replaced by Workbench. So my question is: Can I make MorphOS a kind of "Amithlon clone" by booting automatically into an AmigaOS 3.9 enviroment and having Warp3d + WarpOS (MOS features) support built-in?

If positive, how much time would it take to boot this way?

Is difficult to achieve this "Ambientless" hack?

[Gulliver]

i don't know if this "hack" is still valid for MorphOS 2.x but you can try:

http://aminet.net/package/docs/help/AmigaWBOnPegasos

Thank you for the link.

It seems it is a clumsy solution, from what I read over there. Anyway, it is too old to be of any use now, as it is MOS 1.4 related

Perhaps it is a bit more elegant now?