Like most things, updates and newer models become available. The same question can be put forth to a person who drives a 15 year old car and not one of the latest models available. Why would a person do this? Perhaps the fact that they know the older cars inside and out and it suits their needs.
I look at my Amiga the same way. I own an A4000T, Cyberstorm MKIII 060 66Mhz, CybervisionPPC and running SCSI drives. This system does everything I want it to do. I can play the majority of the newer Amiga games on it such as Freespace, QuakeII and Payback. I enjoy listening to MP3s on it, and general internet use like amirc.
I also own a PIII that I use for the net also. I do play a few of the latest 3d games on it, but nothing constantly. I guess I love my Amiga more because I purchased everything and built it up to what it is today. I know it well and everytime I boot it up, within 7 seconds from the HD read, I am looking at my OS3.9 screen as apposed to my PC which takes alot longer to boot.
The Amiga brings back fond memories of the first time I got my A500 and the friends I made through the same interests. It reminds me of a time when everything seemed to make more sense and software really had value and a sense of effort and thought put into it. I have fine tuned my A4000T and I cannot remember the last time I had a crash on it. As apposed to my pc that freezes alot using Win98.
Overall my Amiga stands for something unique. Whereas my pc just simply is an appliance that 90% of households have. Sure I have fun on the pc, but nothing near the fun I have on the Amiga. The Amiga stands for a system that has endured the constant degrading comments and loss of support over the years, and here we are, still using a machine that dates back to the days of the 286.
My question is this, to all of you out there, do you feel that these days there seems to be more of a direction towards commonality? It seems everyone is using PC, all using Windows, all playing the same games, all using the net. It is just like an appliance, everyone using their tv to do the same thing. You ask an Amiga owner what they use their Amiga for and you will get some interesting results.
Why are we heading towards a future where everything is going to be the same? What happended to individuality? Does it still exist?
Why do I still use my Amiga?
Because it reminds me of a time when things were made to last, not just a sale. When you felt like you belonged to an individual group and you owned something really special. Its because I love what the Amiga stands for and the sense of goodness I get everytime I turn it on. It does exactly what I want it to do and it fun using it.
