AROS vs traditional Amiga vs SAM

[Amithony]

Im starting to take an interest in Aros also. is it like a version of the OS that can run on any platform? (Ala Java-esque?) I havent seen it in action, but it is definitely something that I would like to try out.

[Amithony]

It looks like the Amiga will be around for a long time to come yet.

[Amithony]

persia wrote:
@Gebrochen

Of course we can love Macs and Amigas, the competition ended long ago.  The Amiga is a great fun computer, something to tinker with.  The Mac is a productivity machine.  They each have their place.

As for Sam, let's see, over priced, proprietary chips. kinda buggy, yep it's an Amiga....

Its not what you have, but how you use it. I wonder if Newtek will release a version of Lightwave for the SAM?

[Amithony]

Phantom wrote:
Dammy is right. SAM is not Amiga. If you remove the AmigaOS, there is nothing inside that reminds Amiga.

Hence the new affectionate title of SAMiga. Which is half half. Sound fair?

[Amithony]

Caius wrote:

Atheist wrote:
I can't believe the amount of people that are posting with "join" dates of year 2007 and 2008, here and on AmigaWorld.Net.

Add to that, the amount of people in the last short while who are posting with join dates of 3 and more years ago, and they have under 100 posts, and many with even less than 20!!!!


Anyone else notice?

What about the price of Amiga hardware skyrocketing?

[Amithony]

Hi Amithony,

Errr, yeah?

I was going to start a thread about that actually, you may want to.

I can't believe the amount of people that are posting with "join" dates of year 2007 and 2008, here and on AmigaWorld.Net.

Add to that, the amount of people in the last short while who are posting with join dates of 3 and more years ago, and they have under 100 posts, and many with even less than 20!!!!


Anyone else notice?

The tide is starting to change. I cant wait to get my SAM. As long as it has OS4.1 it is good enough to be an Amiga to me. Walk, talk and quack like a duck. But runs like a roadrunner. Bring it on!

[Amithony]

drHirudo wrote:
Shutdown is one of the biggest issues and I HATE it on the systems not being Amiga. I hate it on Windows and I hate it on Linux. Many times when I am in hurry to get away and have to shut down, in non Amiga computers I always have to wait till the computer is really turned off, because many times when I simply press the off button, some apps is not closed, or some process and the shutdown is not finished and the computer works for whole night, or even weekend. On the Amiga I simply turn it off. Even if my Amiga saves me only 2 minutes per day, for a year that is more than 10 hours - more than a working day, saved by the Amiga, only by the shutdown process. ;-)

You may laugh, but if the package can be done right, there will probably be other areas where time is saved. Is it possible it will ever be as common as a PC again?

[Amithony]

paolone wrote:

And why do you have a Sam then?

Why would you NOT want a SAM?