What if?

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stopthegop wrote:
PC pushers have been incredibly adept over the years at using language to frustrate -and ultimately eradicate- competitors, including the Amiga.  To 99.999% of all people, when they make reference to a "computer" they are talking about a PC, and nothing else. Most people would be suprised to learn that "computer" and "PC" are anything but synonomous and totally interchangeable.

As far as I know, "PC" stands for "Personal Computer" so it's actually US that got the terminology wrong, we think PC means a box that runs windows. Not so - any computer is a PC, an Amiga is a PC, so is a Mac etc..

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As for if we're ready to buy new stuff, I think most of us would buy the OS if it came out for some standard hardware that we already own.

I think most of us are far too cautious (and rightly so) to invest in new hardware.

An OS that runs on x86 and Mac would actually have a chance of becoming popular.

If it needs custom hardware it's only current users who would buy it, let's be honest. (with one or two exeptions)

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scuzzb494 wrote:
Suffice to say I am very happy, and find absolutely no restrictions with what I have, even though Ebay keep telling me to upgrade my browser, and BT keep nagging about BT Help software which I refuse to install. I still use the Amiga for genuine computing fun, and I gotta say that what people want to use computers for today, is as an entertainment centre, not as a computer. I get by with notepad on the Win98 machine for all my webpages. I don`t have any Office products or Messenger etc etc. The Mac is the most advanced tool I have, and here this is just a G4. I don`t want for anything to be honest. I really have far too much too play with. And as I say I don`t sit downloading none stop in an effort to fill hard drive after hard drive... I mean what is the point.

Happy with my Amiga and DOpus and mucking around in C and creating web pages from scratch. As for gaming I have a PS2 along with pretty well every other platform. And can still squeeze hours of pleasure out of a C64. I really don`t understand what the fuss is with modern computing. I'm always glad to get away from XP at work ( which is set up as Win98 classic ) Modern computing really isn`t computing at all... Boring as f. Sorry.

2GB RAM... What ever. Its not size or speed, its what you do with it.

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That is the most sensible post I have ever read, I agree with you whole-heartedly. I'm tired of people telling me I need to upgrade because my machine "is from the stoneage." I only recently "upgraded" to Windows XP because I needed some USB compatibility for en external DVD drive that was lazily produced with no drivers. Seriously I was content with '98. Why have more computer than you need? If I don't use it to play mega 3D games or 3D rendering, why should I get a newer machine?

I never had any complaints from Ebay about my browser, you can just run Firefox, Opera or a newer version of IE, all perfectly happy on Win98. As for not noticing any big difference with broadband, I suggest that's something to do with BT, try changing to UKOnline (www.ukonline.co.uk).

I'm using 256k broadband and it's as fast as my friend's 24Mbit broadband for general surfing (seriously) and MUCH MUCH MUCH faster than dialup.