Amiga: Hobby or Everyday Computing?

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tonyyeb wrote:
It is a hobby for me. If I had a network card and a decent web browser then I might use it more. But then it wouldn't have a flash player plugin, adobe reader etc...

I just enjoy playing the games on a real amiga and trying stuff out I never could when I was a kid due to no money. Now my miggy has all the things I wanted and more!

It's easy to buy a X-Surf netcard from AmigaKit :-)

Adope reader, try APDF get it from Aminet Link

I do have a PC.. But I use my A4000 as much as I can :-)
But I also have to agree, Amiga is one of my hobbys, that I could not afford when I was younger. I think it is a great computer and I hope that Natami and other developers lets our hobby live many years from this day!

When it comes to games, I mainly use my CD32. There are still somee of my friends that enjoy playing on it too :-)

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tonyyeb wrote:
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Still no decent web browser though. And yes I am aware of the X-Surf. Too expensive for occasional use.

I agree, but some of us just spend way too much money on our hobbies  :-D
IBrowse is good enough for me, but again I agree, an update would be very nice!

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pVC wrote:

taunusand wrote:

tonyyeb wrote:
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Still no decent web browser though. And yes I am aware of the X-Surf. Too expensive for occasional use.

I agree, but some of us just spend way too much money on our hobbies  :-D
IBrowse is good enough for me, but again I agree, an update would be very nice!

BUT Amiga prices have gone wild and you can sell old hardware for even more than it costed as new! What would you get if you'd invested that money to PC hardware at the time?

I would not have got what I wanted :-)

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Oh, BTW...
Someone please tell me about this Flash player :-D

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@quarkx
I agree :-)
Another hobby of mine is Ford Taunus, I know a lot of people having old classic Ford cars as theis hobby. We also collect parts, spend time maintaining and repairing our old cars and such.
It's the same, a hobby witch some people thinks are strange.

"Why don't you just buy a new car?" = "Why don't you just buy a new PC?"

Because we like our hobby, that's why :-D

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@quarkx
Ford Taunus are from Germany. In England they were sold as Cortina.
Compared to american cars it's very little, it has a nice little V6 engine with 90hp ;-)
It does not look as Ford Taurus, witch is a bit larger.
In Denmark it was one of the larger middle class cars back in the 1970/80'ies.
Pictures of me and my Taunus: Link