Solodric wrote:
My real question is more about modern Amiga than it is about amiga's history. How does Amiga stack up against other modern OS's?
At this current point in time I'd say about 7 years behind Mac OS X or Windows XP in terms of features, 10 years behind in software, and a 0.001% chance of ever catching up.
I have no idea about Linux as I hated it the first time I used it and reformatted after a couple of days.
I'm a hardcore gamer and I need the best multitasking available.
Then an Amiga isn't for you unless you like the sound of playing 15-year-old arcade conversions and a handful of crashprone 7-year-old 3D PC ports which require an Amiga costing 5 times what a PC would and the PC would run it faster.
I was thinking running Windows on Linux (Since it runs better on Linux than it does normally) via ghost-drive to optimize performance, because I honestly cant go out and buy crudloads of RAM to cram into my system, I'd much prefer a system that makes the most of it's resources (Which need to be considerable for a gamer)
but I'd heard good things about Amiga, and if it's better I'll use it instead of linux, or maybe go really crazy and have Amiga>Linux>Windows running 
What do you guys think?
I think an Amiga is nice to have as a hobby. The OS is fast and responsive. However the technology, even with PPC, is terribly outdated and it's way too expensive and there is no software available.
Sure, get an Amiga but just make sure you keep a Mac or PC handy for doing anything serious or playing games.
