I have given up on the future!

[Sandman]

Little off topic, but I find the mac/amiga comparisons made by some apple fans kinda baffling. Theyre like chalk and cheese. Whatever though, people can enjoy whatever they like.

+1.

God Steve justed showed off the mightynew IPad and the lemmings gushed...  

"Let's throw in some stuff that we could have included in the last version and hit'em again for some $ and they'll cheer for us and trample each other to bow at our alter." HaHa

Nothing like the Amiga IMHO.

Disclaimer:  I know I have some Mini's but I bought them used...... plus my hackintosh eases my conscience.....

[Sandman]

To be honest, I'm quite happy that Commodore went bust in 1994 (apart for being the worst day of my life). By doing that, they froze the state of the machine that I love so much. They made it possible for so many of us to make this our own platform to develop and improve ourselves. If Commodore would have been successful to keep on going, then this platform would have been long gone and transformed to something else. It would be just another modern OS like every other modern OS... nice perhaps, but something else. We would not keep the old Amiga alive as we do now.

I think that you hit it spot on here!  I don't think that there are many of us delusional enough to think of the Amiga becoming mainstream again and functioning as the modern computer which is not much more than a 'household appliance."

We hold to the Amiga because it takes us back to a special time and place when computing was fun.  As an additional plus, alot of the Amiga goodies that were unaffordable to many of us back in the day are now attainable and the internet is a helpful venue for learning about our favorite machines... Good Times!