Learn about love of OS4 users

[Duce]

New Years is over, take off the tinfoil party hat.

You should have done your homework before going into hock to buy a $3000 NG Amiga.  The facts are clear and concise, the X1000 is what it is support wise and I didn't buy one because I didn't care for the "really soon now!!!11" premise.  That's fine by me, and fine by them I am sure, and I didn't start a smear campaign over it.  My SAM 440 is suiting me just fine still.  My MOS machines I use quite often and love the OS, just like I love OS4.  It's a hobby, something to piss around with on the weekends, not a Holy War.

Don't smear an entire community of people in a "scene" because they don't agree with your hysterically and increasingly insane views on things.  Sometimes you gotta ask "is it me and not the rest of the world?"

I find the OS4 community warm and welcoming, and I can say the same for the MOS guys.  I've seen both not take warmly to rambling lunatics in the past, and it's likely not the last time.

I feel bad for the MOS diehards that are going to have to deal with whatever lunacy that flies out of your head next over a $100 OS and a $100 old Mac Mini or something.  I'm sure it'll be something amusing and wacky in its own right, like how you'll destroy "da bad men whu sell da MOS tell lies dat it do HD youtube, bwai"

[Duce]

I'm not the one that bought a machine outside my budget, one that 3 minutes of investigation on said machine, well - one would have known certain onboard features were not natively supported.

I did my homework on the X1000 and couldn't warrant spending $3000 on a machine I'd have to tack add on cards onto if I wanted full functionality.  It took 3 minutes of web surfing to discover that fact and I kept my 440, which I'm still entirely happy with.  Was a lot easier to do that 3 minutes of web surfing than it was to mount some sort of insane witch hunt after I'd bought a machine that was possibly beyond my means, I figured.  But whatever floats ones boat, no harm no foul.  The X1000 simply wasn't, and still isn't - worth it to me.  That being said, it doesn't make it a bad machine, it just makes it a machine that's not worth the bang it offers for the bucks of mine that they are asking for it.

I am curious to see what particular issues you'll nitpick about with MOS when you finally get the MOS machine, is all.  There will be one, and there *will* be another one of your patented "Great Satan" 3 week rants where your defense of your "truths" as you see them are nothing more than more links to some oddball reggae video that apparently should make sense to people.  Hyperion bad!  Threaten to sue because you didn't fact check, and when that causes great hilarity, crack out the I and I, Jah routine and reggae videos.  Weird stuff, Man - all I'm saying.

This being said, I wish you the best of luck finding a machine you are 110% happy with.  I bought my 440 in 2008 or so, and despite the fact it is a little slow by todays standards, I still enjoy it and OS4 a great deal, just like I enjoy my MOS machines.

[Duce]

Care to post a pic of the "glue" on the RAM modules?

Find it hard to believe the "hot glue" retention method that builders sometimes use for RAM module retention during shipping would cause a single lasting issue and there's no reason why the small blob of glue cannot be picked off with ones fingers extremely easy.

Seen it used many times and never seen it screw up a RAM module or RAM socket, or impede removal/replacement of a RAM module.

[Duce]

The missing drivers issue is well known, and it is well known add on cards must be used to make up for it.  It's also one of the reasons I never bought one, but the main reason was I simply don't buy pre-built PC's of any sort and A-EON still doesn't offer a bare mobo option, afaik.

A guy taking out a loan to buy something beyond his means and not doing the 3 minutes of investigation to learn the above facts doesn't necessarily make it a poor or misleading product.  The thing showed up on his doorstep working 100%.

[Duce]

There are missing drivers/features in the other NG OS's as well, including MOS in regards to wifi on some hardware.

I'd recommend you do your homework before you invest in that platform so you aren't suffering similar issues.  Best of luck.