Power 7 CPU - 8 cores

[ElPolloDiabl]

These things are expensive and those lucky enough to use them reckon they have plenty of power. I suppose at 8 cores and 3Ghz or over it would be plenty of power.
See this link:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/08/31/ibm_power7_plus_processors/

Wishing that they would come back to consumer market, but I'm wondering are they no longer a generation (more often half a generation) in front of the competition?
Are CPU bragging rights important?

btw. Some people (only one or two) are still a bit delusional about what happened to Amiga. The business failed, get over it. Amiga could have been lots of things, the last real chance was with Escom.
I have a little bitterness, but don't let it bother me. I like it as a niche system, some people prefer it as hobby.

[ElPolloDiabl]

@matthey
Yes but that's my point. You can't compare AmigaOS from 1980's to Windows 7 from 201X hence my hypothetical example of IF AmigaOS had continued to be updated then it'd be in the same sluggish state.

There are things to be said for the simplicity of AmigaOS but if you like that sort of thing then you should look at HaikuOS and see how to achieve it's minimal feature set still requires some serious CPU performance before you start running any programs on it.
Andy

Try one of the various Linux distros, this runs modern software, runs very fast, has a faster boot time than Windows. Also it has never crashed in my experience, although I haven't flogged the thing as much as Windows.

I have tried HaikuOS it may look like BeOS, but it isn't.

[ElPolloDiabl]

When I suggested Linux I was being friendly. Now that it has gone hostile:
Your OS choice could depend a lot on experience. Hardware incompatibility is also a problem.
My Windows install usually XP becomes more and more troublesome after a number of resource hungry applications are installed, including the anti-virus (solves one problem, creates another.)
When I start running a lot of 3rd party software on Linux I will get back to you on how stable it is.
I think we should get back to discussing Amiga OS varieties?