mfletcher wrote:
You could get a PC for the same amount of money and have Linux installed on it. Bang all you want about how great OS 4 and AROS are, but Linux is more mature and has a lot more support, momentum. Theres no way an Amiga based OS could be a selling point.
And it wont take off in the third world either. As One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) has demonstrated, people in these countries have more pressing concerns (ie food, water, some electricity) than owning a cheap laptop.
The selling point of the Amiga is that it uses less resources needing less electricity from using slower processors, less memory and smaller storage requirements. A modern Amiga using (fewer) standard "PC" parts could be produced in quantity for cheaper and marketed as a "green" computer. Amiga still beats Linux in ease of use too. Obstacles are of course, lack of modern Amiga applications as you mentioned, and Amiga Inc. killing everything Amiga related. Nothing a rich Amiga philanphropist can't take care of. I'm building my fortune now with my net worth doubling about every 3 years as I was in early on oil and agriculture :idea:.
